Concept cluster: Biology > Pregnancy complications
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(medicine) Premature detachment of the placenta
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A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
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(gynaecology) A premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall.
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(medicine) That prevents abortion
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(medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
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(medicine) rotationplasty
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the rupture of the amniotic sac at the beginning of or during labour.
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(obsolete) The act or process of carrying about.
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(medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
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A substance or device that acts to prevent implantation of a blastocyst.
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(medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
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(medicine, colloquial) Ectopic beat or pregnancy.
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The products of conception which result from an ectopic pregnancy.
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(medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.
v
To perform invasive surgery.
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(medicine) A serious pregnancy complication thought to be caused by pre-eclampsia.
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(medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
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A late-term surgical abortion procedure, involving (in order) dilation of the cervix, removal of the fetus from the uterus to the shoulders, and emptying of the fetal cranium to allow for easier passage of the head through the cervix and vagina.
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(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
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(medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour
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torsion that leads to malrotation
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(medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth.
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(medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.
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(medicine) A method for delivering a breach fetus.
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(medicine) After diastole.
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(medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
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(medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.
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(medicine) The rupture of the amniotic sac, whether naturally at the onset of labour, occurring prematurely, or artificially induced.
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(pathology) During pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.
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(medicine, colloquial) To have a spontaneous rupture of membranes.
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The suppression of uterine contractions.
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(medicine) Any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth.
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(medicine) A drug that causes uterine contractions and thus induces labour
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(medicine) the crying of a foetus from within the uterus following rupture of the membranes
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A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.

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