| PESS | problem, etiology, signs and symptoms |
|---|---|
| PMS | patient management system; perimenstrual syndrome; periodic movements during sleep; phenazine methos... |
| Q-TWIST | quality-adjusted time without symptoms of disease and subjective toxic effects of treatment |
| ROSS | review of subjective symptoms |
| RS | radioscaphoid; random sample; rating schedule; Raynaud syndrome; recipient's serum; rectal sinus; re... |
| plural pregnancy | Condition of bearing two or more foetuses simultaneously. Synonym: plural pregnancy, polycyesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| cornual pregnancy | The implantation and development of the impregnated ovum in one of the cornua of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy | The condition of having a developing embryo or foetus in the body, after union of an ovum and spermatozoon. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy, abdominal | Ectopic pregnancy with development of the foetus in the abdominal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy, alcohol in | The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the foetus and causing foetal alcohol syndrome or foetal alcohol effects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy-associated alpha-plasma protein | An alpha 2-macroglobulin, molecular weight approximately 750,000 now believed to be a pregnancy-specific protein. Its plasma levels increase steadily during the second trimester and continue to rise until the end of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy-associated beta-plasma protein | A beta-globulin now believed to be a pregnancy-specific protein. Its plasma levels increase steadily during pregnancy until the end of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy-associated esterase | <enzyme> In baboons, amount of activity correlates with stage of pregnancy; hydrolyzes alpha-naphthyl butyrate in preference to alpha-naphthyl acetate Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- Synonym: pregnancy esterase (26 Jun 1999) |
| pregnancy cells | Hypophysial chromophobe cell's that increase in number and accumulate eosinophil granules during pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy complications | The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a disease. The disease may precede or follow conception and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, cardiovascular | The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a cardiovascular disease. The disease may precede or follow conception and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, haematologic | The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a blood disease. The haematologic disorder may be of the cells or coagulation elements of the blood but does not refer to deficiencies or excesses of various substances in the blood, such as hypercalcaemia or hypocalcaemia. It may precede or follow conception and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, infectious | Infections occurring during the course of pregnancy, or pregnancy during the course of an infectious disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, neoplastic | Neoplasms occurring during the course of pregnancy, or pregnancy during the course of a neoplastic disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, parasitic | Parasitic diseases occurring during the course of pregnancy, or pregnancy during the course of a parasitic disease. Some of the more commonly co-occurring infections are amebiasis, malaria and toxoplasmosis. (12 Dec 1998) |