The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Abortus
a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
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Same as Fetus.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Obstetrics gynaecology.Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Obstetrics gynaecology.(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals, Obstetrics gynaecology.an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nature and environment, Animals.tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
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The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.The mother of one's father or mother.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human, fetus, weight, less, kilogram.
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