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Afterbirth

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

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Placenta 76% connected

The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

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Acquired immunity noun · 78% connection

immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of…

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

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Arytenoid adjective · 78% connection

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartil…

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Away adverb · 78% connection

By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.

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Backlash noun · 78% connection

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected pa…

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Caesarean noun · 78% connection

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…

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Caesarian noun · 78% connection

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…

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Caul noun · 78% connection

A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

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Cephalometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

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Cephalotripsy noun · 78% connection

The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

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Cesarean noun · 78% connection

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…

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Cesarian noun · 78% connection

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that w…

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Cranioclast noun · 78% connection

An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

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Delivery noun · 78% connection

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Embryo noun · 78% connection

The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).

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Fetal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

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Gastropneumatic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.

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