| hemorrhage | <physiology> The escape of blood from the vessels, bleeding. Small haemorrhages are classified according to size as petechiae (very small), purpura (up to 1 cm) and ecchymoses (larger). The massive accumulation of blood within a tissue is called a haematoma. Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst forth (18 Nov 1997) |
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| postpartum | <obstetrics> After childbirth or after delivery. Compare: antepartum, intrapartum. Origin: L. Partus, birth (noun), fr. Pario, pp. Partus, to bring forth (21 Jun 2000) |
| postpartum alopecia | <dermatology, obstetrics> Temporary diffuse telogen loss of scalp hair at the termination of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum amenorrhoea | <obstetrics> Permanent amenorrhoea following childbirth, sometimes due to pituitary failure resulting from postpartum haemorrhage and consequent necrosis of the pituitary (Simmonds' disease). (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, obstetrics> Cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure developing in the puerperium in the absence of any of the known causes of heart disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum estrus | <veterinary> Estrus with ovulation and corpus luteum production which occurs in some animals (e.g., the fur seal) immediately following the birth of the young. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum haemorrhage | <obstetrics> Haemorrhage occurring soon after labour or childbirth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postpartum hypertension | <obstetrics> Increased blood pressure immediately following the completion of labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome | <syndrome> Hypopituitarism arising from a severe circulatory collapse postpartum, with resultant pituitary necrosis. Synonym: postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome, thyrohypophysial syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum psychosis | <obstetrics, psychiatry> An acute mental disorder with depression in the mother following childbirth. Synonym: puerperal psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum tetanus | Tetanus occurring during the puerperium from infection of the obstetric wound. Synonym: postpartum tetanus, uterine tetanus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| depression, postpartum | Depression in women occurring usually within four weeks after the delivery of a child. The degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, postpartum | Inflammation of the thyroid gland after pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, very late antigen | Members of the integrin family appearing late after T-cell activation. They are a family of proteins initially identified at the surface of stimulated T-cells, but now identified on a variety of cell types. At least six vla antigens have been identified as heterodimeric adhesion receptors consisting of a single common beta-subunit and different alpha-subunits. (12 Dec 1998) |
| late apical systolic murmur | A murmur previously considered benign, or even extracardiac, with a possible relationship to pericardial disease; it often represents mitral insufficiency, often localised and of moderate severity but with propensity for developing bacterial endocarditis, and is frequently associated with systolic click and mitral prolapse (Barlow syndrome; a balloon or billowing mitral valve leaflet) often producing a click, murmur, or both, as it prolapses during systole into the left atrium. (05 Mar 2000) |