| foetal resorption | <obstetrics> Death and resorption of the foetus at any stage after the completion of organogenesis. It does not include embryo resorption. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| foetal reticularis | Synonym: foetal adrenal cortex. Synonym: androgenic zone. Synonym: X zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal souffle | <obstetrics, paediatrics> A blowing murmur, synchronous with the foetal heart beat, sometimes only systolic and sometimes continuous, heard on auscultation over the pregnant uterus. Synonym: funic souffle, funicular souffle, umbilical souffle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal tachycardia | <obstetrics, paediatrics> A foetal heart rate of 160 or more beats per minute. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal tissue transplantation | Transference of foetal tissue between individuals of the same species or between individuals of different species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal trimethadione syndrome | <paediatrics, syndrome> A foetal syndrome resulting from maternal ingestion of trimethadione during the early weeks of pregnancy and characterised by developmental delay, V-shaped eyebrows, epicanthus, low-set ears with anteriorly folded helix, palatal anomaly, and irregular teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal viability | <obstetrics> The potential of the foetus-in-utero to survive after birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foetal warfarin syndrome | <obstetrics> Foetal bleeding, nasal hypoplasia, optic atrophy, and foetal death resulting from administration of warfarin to the pregnant patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| androgenic zone | A transient adrenocortical zone present in some rodents at birth, most notably in mice, situated between the zona reticularis and the adrenal medulla; it degenerates in males with the secretion at puberty and in females during their first pregnancy; it slowly enlarges in unmated females after puberty and does not degenerate until middle age; the X zone appears to secrete no hormone. Synonym: androgenic zone. Misnomer for the foetal adrenal cortex of primates. Synonym: foetal reticularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate zone | The inner third of the basilar membrane of the cochlear duct extending from the tympanic lip of the osseous spiral lamina to the outer pillar cell of the spiral organ (of Corti). Synonym: zona arcuata, zona tecta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barnes' zone | The lower fourth of the pregnant uterus, attachment of the placenta to any part of which may cause dangerous haemorrhage. Synonym: cervical zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffer zone | <ecology> An area of land separating two distinct land uses that acts to soften or mitigate the effects of one land use on the other. (09 Oct 1997) |
| capillary zone electrophoresis | A method for separating molecules extremely rapidly based on their electrophoretic mobility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular zone | An area in the external acoustic meatus where a number of minute blood vessels enter from the mastoid bone. Synonym: spongy spot, zona vasculosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mantle zone | A layer of small B lymphocytes surrounding the paler-staining germinal centres of lymphoid follicles. (05 Mar 2000) |