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61fetal transplant — a research method in which specific cells are taken from a normal fetus, with the informed consent of the mother following her request for termination of pregnancy, for transplantation into a person suffering from a specific disease. These fetal… …
62Fetal pole — The fetal pole is a thickening on the margin of the yolk sac of a fetus during pregnancy.It is usually identified at 6.5 weeks with abdominal ultrasound imaging, and 6 weeks with vaginal ultrasound imaging. However it is quite normal for the… …
63Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q86.0 Alkohol Embryopathie (mit Dysmorphien) …
64Fetal face syndrome — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q87.1 Angeborene Fehlbildungssyndrome, die vorwiegend mit Kleinwuchs einhergehen Robinow (Silverman Smith )Syndrom …
65Fetal circulation — The blood circulation in the fetus before birth. Before birth, the blood from the heart headed for the lungs in the aptly named pulmonary artery is shunted away from the lungs and returned to the greatest of arteries, the aorta. This arterial… …
66fetal blood sampling — a technique, usually carried out during labour, in which a sample of blood is withdrawn from a vein in the scalp of the fetus. From this is determined the degree of fetal acidosis. The normal pH of fetal blood is 7.35 (range 7.45 7.25). The lower …
67fetal death ratio — the ratio of fetal deaths in one year to the number of live births in that year. Cf. fetal death rate …
68fetal acoustic stimulation test — (for assessing fetal health) a vibroacoustic stimulus such as an electronic artificial larynx is applied either externally or directly to the fetus and resultant fetal movements, cardioacceleration, and alterations in respiration are evaluated …
69fetal alcohol syndrome — noun a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy • Syn: ↑FAS • Hypernyms: ↑syndrome * * * ˌfetal ˈalcohol syndrome 7 [fetal …
70fetal monitor — noun an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother s uterine contractions during childbirth • Syn: ↑electronic fetal monitor, ↑electronic foetal monitor, ↑foetal monitor • Hypernyms: ↑monitor …
