the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
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A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
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the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensifie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of ep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so mali…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.Glittering in flashes; flashing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fancied, perception, flashes, light, symptom.
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