| EP | echo planar; ectopic pregnancy; edible portion; electrophoresis; electrophysiologic; electroprecipit... |
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| EPF | early pregnancy factor; endocarditis parietalis fibroplastica; endothelial proliferating factor; est... |
| EPT | early pregnancy test |
| EUP | extrauterine pregnancy |
| grav | I pregnancy one, primigravida |
| pregnancy tests | Tests to determine whether or not an individual is pregnant. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pregnancy toxaemia of sheep | A disease of preparturient ewes characterised primarily by impaired nervous function; the primary predisposing cause is undernutrition in late pregnancy. Synonym: ovine acetonaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy toxaemias | Pregnancy-induced hypertensive states, including eph gestosis when oedema and proteinuria accompany hypertension. Other hypertensive disorders that develop during pregnancy or the puerperium are preeclampsia and eclampsia, either of which may be superimposed upon chronic hypertensive vascular or renal disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy trimester, first | Period of pregnancy from the first day of the last normal menstrual period through the completion of 14 weeks (98 days) of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy trimesters | The three periods of three months each in the normal pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy trimester, second | Period of pregnancy from the beginning of the 15th through the 28th completed week (99 to 196 days) of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy trimester, third | Period of pregnancy from the beginning of the 29th through the 42nd completed week (197 to 294 days) of gestation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy, tubal | Ectopic pregnancy within an oviduct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy tumour | A pyogenic granuloma developing on the gingiva during pregnancy; thought to be related to hormonally altered response of the oral mucous membranes to local irritants such as bacterial plaque on adjacent teeth. Synonym: pregnancy tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnancy, unwanted | Pregnancy, usually accidental or unplanned, that is not desired by the parent or parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy zone proteins | Glycoproteins with the electrophoretic mobility of an alpha 2-globulin. They are found in small amounts in normal human plasma but in much larger volume in the plasma of pregnant women. These proteins have also been found in increased amounts in individuals undergoing oestrogen therapy and are sometimes produced ectopically by tumours of non-placental origin. Pregnancy zone proteins are believed to be of maternal rather than placental origin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heterotopic pregnancy | A pregnancy not in the uterine cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary abdominal pregnancy | A condition in which the embryo or foetus continues to grow in the abdominal cavity after its expulsion from the fallopian tube or other seat of its primary development. Synonym: abdominocyesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid pregnancy | The presence of a hydiform mole in the pregnant uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical pregnancy | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |