| maternity | Motherhood. Origin: see maternal (05 Mar 2000) |
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| maternity hospital | A special hospital for the care of women in childbirth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngoesophageal pads | Venous plexuses on the anterior and posterior walls of the pharyngoesophageal junction. Synonym: pharyngoesophageal pads. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospitals, maternity | Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition. (12 Dec 1998) |
| incontinence pads | Absorbent pads made of various materials used for personal hygiene usually in urinary incontinence and usually in the elderly. They may be worn as underpants or as pants liners. They are made of absorbent materials such as fluff wood pulp and hydrogel absorbent with viscose rayon, polyester, polypropylene, or polyethylene coverstock. (12 Dec 1998) |
| knuckle pads | An autosomal dominant trait, in which thick pad's of skin appear over the proximal phalangeal joints; occasionally associated with leukonychia and deafness or Dupuytren's contracture, a callus reaction in persons predisposed to producing callus and as the result of occupational or self-inflicted trauma. (05 Mar 2000) |