| impacted foetus | A foetus which, because of its large size or narrowing of the pelvic canal, has become wedged and incapable of spontaneous advance or recession. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| impacted | Driven together or close. <surgery> Impacted fracture, a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| impacted fracture | A fracture in which one of the fragments is driven into the cancellous tissue of the other fragment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| impacted teeth | <dentistry> Teeth that have not fully erupted into their normal position. (15 Nov 1997) |
| impacted tooth | <dentistry> A tooth which is within the alveolus (the tooth socket within the alveolar bone of the jaw) and is prevented from erupting into its normal position. (27 Sep 1997) |
| tooth, impacted | A tooth that is prevented from erupting by a physical barrier, usually other teeth. Impaction may also result from orientation of the tooth in an other than vertical position in the periodontal structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feces, impacted | A large firm mass of stool formed in the rectum or distal colon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| appendages of the foetus | Amnion, yolk sac, and the foetal (chorionic) part of the placenta together with the umbilical cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| campylobacter foetus | A species of bacteria present in man and many kinds of animals and birds, often causing infertility and/or abortion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Campylobacter foetus jejuni | Former name for Campylobacter jejuni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Campylobacter foetus venerealis | A subspecies causing a venereal disease of cattle characterised by infertility and early embryonic death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio foetus | <bacteria> Former name for Campylobacter foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harlequin foetus | A severe autosomal recessive form of collodian baby in a newborn, usually premature, infant; i.e., a form of ichthyosiform erythroderma characterised by encasement of the body in grayish brown, often fissured plaques resembling plates of armor, and by grotesque deformity of the face, hands, and feet; usually fatal within a few days, although treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid has been successful in some cases. Synonym: ichthyosis foetalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dead foetus syndrome | <obstetrics, syndrome> A syndrome characterised by lengthy intrauterine retention of a dead foetus usually greater than 4 weeks with development of hypofibrinogenaemia and occasionally disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trichomonas foetus | Former name for Tritrichomonas foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tritrichomonas foetus | A species of flagellate parasitic protozoa. It possesses a long undulating membrane that is bordered on its outer margin by a flagellum that becomes free posteriorly. This organism causes infections in cows that could lead to temporary infertility or abortion. (12 Dec 1998) |