| PROM | passive range of motion; premature rupture of fetal membranes; prolonged rupture of fetal membranes;... |
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| FBS | fasting blood sugar; feedback system; fetal bovine serum |
| FSB | fetal scalp blood |
| LOC | Loss Of Consciousness |
| ABCDES | abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities, margi... |
| syndesmochorial placenta | In ruminant animals, a type of placenta in which the chorion is attached to maternal connective tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dichorionic diamniotic placenta | The placenta(s) of a twin pregnancy; if dizygotic, the placenta's may be separate or fused, the latter retaining two amniotic and two chorionic sacs (dichorionic diamniotic placenta); if monozygotic, the placenta may be a (05 Mar 2000) |
| disperse placenta | A placenta in which the umbilical arteries divide dichotomously before entering the placental substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incarcerated placenta | Incomplete separation of the placenta and its failure to be expelled at the usual time after delivery of the child. Synonym: incarcerated placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| in the placenta | Intervillous fibrin with ischemic necrosis of villi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total placenta previa | Placenta previa in which the placenta entirely covers the internal os of the cervix. Synonym: central placenta previa, total placenta previa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endotheliochorial placenta | A placenta in which the chorionic tissue penetrates to the endothelium of the maternal blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothelio-endothelial placenta | A placenta in which the endothelium of the maternal vessels comes in direct contact with the endothelium of the foetal vessels to form the placental barrier. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epitheliochorial placenta | A placenta in which the chorion is merely in contact with, and does not erode, the endometrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| twin placenta | The placenta(s) of a twin pregnancy; if dizygotic, the placenta's may be separate or fused, the latter retaining two amniotic and two chorionic sacs (dichorionic diamniotic placenta); if monozygotic, the placenta may be a (05 Mar 2000) |
| zonary placenta | A placenta in the form of a band encircling the interior of the uterus. Synonym: zonary placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine placenta | A placenta in which maternal blood circulates through channels within the foetal syncytiotrophoblast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal placenta | <embryology> Placenta foetalis, the chorionic portion of the placenta, containing the foetal blood vessels, from which the funis develops; specifically, in humans, it develops from the chorion frondosum. Synonym: pars foetalis placentae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low placenta | Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely covers the cervix. Also known as a placenta previa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ABO blood group | <haematology> The major human blood type system which describes the oligosaccharide glycoprotein antigens found on the surface of human blood cells. According to the type of antigen present, a person may be assigned a blood type of A, B, AB or O. A second type of antigen, the Rh factor, renders a positive or negative blood type. The ABO blood group system is important because it determines who can donate blood to or accept blood from whom. Type A or AB blood will cause an immune reaction in people with type B blood and type B and AB blood will cause a reaction in people with type A blood. Conversely, type O blood has no A or B antigens, so people with type O blood are universal donors. And since AB blood already produces both antigens, people who are type AB can accept any of the other blood types without suffering an immune reaction. (04 Jul 1999) |