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The process of infused donor stem cells homing to the marrow of a recipient and producing blood cells of all types. Engraftment is first evident when new white cells, red cells and platelets begin to appear in the recipient's blood following stem cell transplantation.
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| engorgement |
Swollen and tender breasts, usually beginning between two days and a weekafter childbirth, when a mother's milk comes in. Symptoms usually disappear in a few days when nursing is well established, but breasts can re-engorge during weaning, a sudden nursing strike, or a bout of mastitis, or if the baby's sick.
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| engagement |
Engagement, also called lightening or dropping, is when the fetus descends into the pelvic cavity. In first-time mothers, this usually happens two to four weeks before delivery; babies of women who've already had children usually don't engage until labor begins.
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| engineering |
instrumented fuel assembly
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| engagement |
Refers to the point in labor/delivery at which the baby's head begins to descend through (engage) the pelvic canal.
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