| crude birth rate | <epidemiology> The number of live births in a year divided by the population size. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| crude death rate | <epidemiology> The number of deaths in a year divided by the population size. (05 Dec 1998) |
| general fertility rate | A refined measure of fertility in a population; the numerator is the number of live births in a year, the denominator is the number of females of child-bearing age, usually defined as ages 15-44 (but increasingly recognised as extending to age 49). (05 Mar 2000) |
| total fertility rate | <epidemiology> The number of children an average women would have assuming that she lives her full reproductive lifetime. (05 Dec 1998) |
| crude calcium sulfide | Used externally in the treatment of acne, scabies, and ringworm. Synonym: sulfurated lime. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crude drug | Any raw or unrefined medicinal compound in its natural form, especiallyone taken from a plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crude fibre | The indigestible parts of plant-based food. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crude protein | Incomplete proteins which lack essential amino acids. (09 Oct 1997) |
| crude urine | Pale urine of low specific gravity, with very little sediment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fertility | <biology> The capacity to conceive or induce conception and thus generate offspring. (12 May 1997) |
| fertility agent | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fertility agents | Drugs used to increase fertility or to treat infertility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fertility agents, female | Compounds which increase the capacity to conceive in females. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fertility agents, male | Compounds which increase the capacity of the male to induce conception. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fertility factor | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |