| Rst | in paper or thin layer chromatography, the distance that a spot of a substance has moved, relative t... |
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| SRM | spontaneous rupture of membranes; Standard Reference Material; superior rectus muscle |
| VDRT | venereal disease reference test |
| VRL | Virus Reference Laboratory |
| AMC | academic medical center; acetylmethyl carbinol; Animal Medical Center; antibody-mediated cytotoxicit... |
| complete abortion | The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a foetus or embryo, complete expulsion of any other product of gestation. (e.g., hydatidiform mole). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| criminal abortion | Termination of pregnancy without legal justification. Synonym: illegal abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| habitual abortion | A condition in which a woman has had three or more consecutive, spontaneous abortion's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septic abortion | An infectious abortion complicated by fever, endometritis, and parametritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spontaneous abortion | The sudden unplanned evacuation of the uterus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| illegal abortion | Termination of pregnancy without legal justification. Synonym: illegal abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| imminent abortion | An impending abortion characterised by copious vaginal bleeding, uterine contractions, and cervical dilation. Synonym: imminent abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incipient abortion | An impending abortion characterised by copious vaginal bleeding, uterine contractions, and cervical dilation. Synonym: imminent abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incomplete abortion | <obstetrics> A clinical situation where the foetus has died but has not been completely expelled from the uterus. (13 Nov 1997) |
| induced abortion | An abortion brought on purposefully by drugs or mechanical means. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inevitable abortion | An abortion characterised by rupture of the membranes in the presence of cervical dilation in a previable pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infected abortion | A septic complication of an abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic abortion | An abortion induced because of the mother's physical or mental health, or to prevent birth of a deformed child or a child resulting from rape. (05 Mar 2000) |
| threatened abortion | <obstetrics> A clinical diagnosis that is made in females in the first trimester of pregnancy who present with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain. This diagnosis can only be made after all other causes for these same symptoms have been excluded, through testing and physical examination. (27 Sep 1997) |
| elective abortion | The planned termination of a pregnancy. (27 Sep 1997) |