| FTP | Failure To Progress, where dilation stalls or labor does not progress fast enough in the provider's ... |
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| AHSP | AIDS Health Services Program [of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] |
| DJS | Dubin-Johnson syndrome |
| EMJH | Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris [medium] |
| MJT | Mead Johnson tube |
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| extra nodal lymphoma | <oncology, tumour> Literally outside the lymph nodes, but exhibiting the characteristics of lymph node cancer. A term used to describe the extent and site of disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| extra-ocular muscle disease | <radiology> Graves disease, pseudotumour, lymphoma, metastasis, infection, carotid-cavernous fistula, granulomatous disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| baby | 1. An infant or young child of either sex; a babe. 2. A small image of an infant; a doll. Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another. "She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes." (Heywood) Origin: Dim. Of babe. (12 Mar 1998) |
| baby bottle syndrome | Rampant caries of the primary dentition associated with the habitual use, after age 1, of a baby bottle as an aid for sleeping. Synonym: baby bottle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baby, foetal alcohol syndrome | <syndrome> Alcohol is capable of causing birth defects. FAS (foetal alcohol syndrome) always involves brain damage. And impaired growth. FAS also always involves head and face abnormalities. No amount of alcohol has been proven safe during pregnancy. Women who are or may become pregnant are advised to avoid alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| baby tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue baby | A baby born with various defects in the structure of the heart and major blood vessels such as tetralogy of Fallot and transposition of the great vessels. The net result is the inability to oxygenate the blood resulting in cyanosis (bluish discolouration to the skin). Immediate surgical procedures are currently available to correct these genetic abnormalities. (27 Sep 1997) |
| blueberry muffin baby | Jaundice and purpura, especially of the face in the newborn, which may result from intrauterine viral infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mead-johnson nutritionals | A division of the Mead-Johnson Corporation and maker of Enfamil (R), ProSobee (R), Nutramigen (R), LactoFree (R) and other fine infant nutritional products. (27 Sep 1997) |
| collodion baby | A newborn child with lamellar ichthyosis; at birth, the skin is bright red, shiny, translucent, and drawn tight, giving a distorted appearance (as if having been painted with collodion) of immobilization of the face; contraction of the skin causes ectropion, a pressed down appearance of the nose, and a gaping of the mouth and the labia; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheeler-Johnson test | Cystosine or uracil when treated with bromine yields dialuric acid which gives a green colour with excess of barium hydroxide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stevens-Johnson syndrome | <syndrome> This is a severe form of allergic reaction that most often results from a medication (for example penicillins). The rash can be generalised and even appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is considered to be a variant of erythema multiforme that results in the formation of bullous (blebs) lesions on the soles of the feet, palms and inside the mouth. Stevens-Johnson syndrome may also occur in association with some viral infections and Mycoplasma infections. (27 Sep 1997) |
| syndrome, floppy baby | Floppy baby syndrome is a general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifest by inadequate tone of the muscles. Hypotonia (inadequately toned muscles resulting in floppiness) in the newborn period and infancy can be due to a multitude of different neurologic and muscle problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Dubin-Johnson syndrome | <syndrome> An inherited disorder (autosomal recessive) that is characterised by long-standing mild jaundice. This occurs secondary to an abnormality in the transport of bilirubin from the liver to the biliary system. This leads to an accumulation of bilirubin in the liver. Avoidance of alcohol and medications which can affect the liver is important. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (27 Sep 1997) |
| test-tube baby | Popular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal ovum fertilised in vitro. (05 Mar 2000) |