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Non-stress test
Non-stress test A test for abnormalities of the fetal heartbeat in which a monitor is used to listen to the fetus's heart while the mother is at rest. (In a stress test, the fetal heartbeat is monitored in response to uterine contractions.)
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Fetal
Having to do with the fetus.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
Stress
Mental or physical tension that results from physical, emotional, or chemical causes.
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Non-inferiority trial
A trial with the primary objective of showing that the response to the investigational product is not clinically inferior to a comparative agent (active or placebo control). See also equivalence trial.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
A condition in which the body either makes too little insulin or cannot properly use the insulin it makes to convert blood glucose to energy. Type 2 diabetes may be controlled with diet, exercise, and weight loss, or may require oral medications and/or insulin injections.
Non-invasive procedures
A diagnostic effort or treatment that does not require entering the body or puncturing the skin.
Non-Q-wave MI
A MI or heart attack that does not cause changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG) however, chemical markers in the blood indicate that damage has occurred to the heart muscle. In non-Q-wave MI, a clot may block the coronary artery for a period of time, and then break up by itself or collateral circulation may help to restore blood flow to the area of ischemia (lack of blood supply). The size of damage is fairly small; therefore, overall function of the heart is usually maintained.
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Neurosurgeon
Physician who specializes in surgery of the nervous system.
Nevus
A general name for birthmarks.
Newborn intrapartal care
Medical care for infants through labor and delivery.
Newborn jaundice
The yellowing of a newborn's skin, usually beginning on the second or thirdday after birth and lasting a week to ten days. Caused by the immaturity ofthe newborn's systems, jaundice is common, with more than half of newbornshaving the disorder.
Niacin
One of the B vitamins, niacin is an essential vitamin that is especiallyimportant for digestion and appetite, as well as tissue and nerve cells.
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Norplant
Time-released birth control, administered through 6 tiny tubes that are implanted in a woman's upper arm. It remains effective for up 5 years.
Nasal hemiretina
That portion of the retina that lies medial to the fovea.
Neuron doctrine
The idea that nerve cells are independent biological units.
Nonclassical receptive field
Classical receptive fields are plotted by spots of light or moving stimuli. If a cell responds consistently to that stimulus then the location of that stimulus is said to be within the cells classical receptive field. Activity outside that area can influence a cell's response to the original stimulus. Examples : Motion, Color.
Nucleus of the optic tract (NOT)
Receives input from directionally sensitive cells in the retina. Lesions produce deficits in tracking of moving stimuli.
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