| alcohol, pregnancy | The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ampullar pregnancy | Tubal pregnancy situated near the midportion of the oviduct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bigeminal pregnancy | A pregnancy that may result from the fertilization of two separate ova or of a single ovum. See: twin. Synonym: bigeminal pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocytic anaemia of pregnancy | An anaemia occurring in pregnancy, related to folate deficiency and characterised by a low level of haemoglobin and a reduced number of erythrocytes, which are larger than normal (macrocytes). (05 Mar 2000) |
| papular dermatitis of pregnancy | Intensely pruritic papular eruption of torso and extremities occurring throughout pregnancy, with no systemic toxicity; may be similar to pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mask of pregnancy | <medicine> A dark discolouration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. Melasmic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Black spot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vomiting of pregnancy | Vomiting occurring in the early months of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical pregnancy | The implantation and development of the impregnated ovum in the cervical canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesometric pregnancy | Ectopic pregnancy beginning as a tubal pregnancy, the amnotic sac being eventually formed by the mesometrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phantom pregnancy | An obsolete term for false pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molar pregnancy | Pregnancy marked by a neoplasm within the uterus, whereby part or all of the chorionic villi are converted into a mass of clear vesicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| combined pregnancy | Coexisting uterine and ectopic pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compound pregnancy | Development of a uterine pregnancy in addition to a previously existing ectopic pregnancy (usually a lithopedion). (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple pregnancy | Condition of bearing two or more foetuses simultaneously. Synonym: plural pregnancy, polycyesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mumps in pregnancy | It has been stated, we believe erroneously, that mumps is dangerous when contracted during pregnancy. For example, vetter (infect med 14:730-733, 1997), citing a single 1980 article, writes: mumps infection during the first trimester of pregnancy can increase the rate of spontaneous abortion. Congenital anomalies associated with mumps infection during pregnancy include endocardial fibroelastosis; imperforate anus; spina bifida; and auditory, optic, and urogenital deformities. However, shepard in his authorative catalog of teratogenic agents (j hopkins u press, 8th edition, 1995) does not consider that mumps merits inclusion as a proven or even possible teratogenic agent, that is as an agent capable of causing a spontaneous abortion (a miscarriage) or causing congenital malformations (the baby is born with birth defects). Furthermore, mumps does not even warrant mention in smith's recognizable patterns of human malformation (by kl jones, wb saunders co., 5th edition, 1997), a key standard text on dysmorphology (the study of malformations). Based also on our review of the facts available at this time (oct, 1997), we conclude that there is insufficient evidence to label mumps as a particular hazard in pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |