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Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling
Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling A genetic test that screens blood from a fetus's umbilical cord for abnormalities.
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Genetic
Hereditary. Having to do with the genes.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Cord
1. In anatomy, a long ropelike structure. 2. Short for the spinal cord or the umbilical cord.
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Perceptive field
Area of the retina or visual space that when stimulated by a visual stimulus produces a change in behavioral response.
Perceptual constancy
The phenomenon that the perception of an object remains constant despite changes in the its size, lighting conditions and orientation.
Perceptual image
An image in the mind as presently being perceived through one or more of the senses.
Perceptually lossless compression
An image processing technique with loses some information about contents of the image, but the distortions produced by the loss aren't visible to the human image processing system.
Perchloracap
Perchloracap is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): potassium perchlorate.
Percocet
Percocet is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): acetaminophen; oxycodone hydrochloride.
Percodan
Percodan is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): aspirin; oxycodone hydrochloride; oxycodone terephthalate.
Percodan-demi
Percodan-demi is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): aspirin; oxycodone hydrochloride; oxycodone terephthalate.
Percorten
Percorten is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): desoxycorticosterone acetate.
Percutaneous
Passing through the skin.
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
X-rays of the gallbladder and bile ducts; a dye is injected through the abdomen to make the organs show up on the x-ray.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
Angioplasty
Percy Junor Hospital
The Percy Junor Hospital is a hospital in Manchester, Jamaica.
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Pronucleus
Plural: pronuclei. Refers to the haploid nucleus of egg or sperm prior to fertilization, and immediately after fertilization, before the sperm and egg nuclei have fused into a single diploid nucleus.
Peak day
The last day your cervical mucus has the consistency of egg white; usually coincides with the beginning of a temperature spike.
Pediatrician
A physician who specializes in treating infants and children up to adolescence.
Pelvic adhesions
Scar tissue from laparoscopic surgery, a cesarean section, dilation and curettage, other surgery, or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or other infections that can obstruct the reproductive organs.
Pelvic floor muscles
The muscles at the base of the pelvis that support the bladder, uterus, vagina, and rectum. These muscles can be strengthened by doing Kegel exercises, which involve the repeated tightening and releasing of the muscle group.
Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling
Perinatal
Referring to the period of time before, during, and immediately after birth.
Perinatal asphyxia
When a fetus or baby has too little oxygen in the blood before, during, or after birth.
Perinatal care
Care of an infant from immediately after birth through the first month of life.
Perinatalogist
Specializing in the care of women before, during, and after birth,perinatalogists treat and care for women with high-risk pregnancies.
Persistent fetal circulation
A condition in which a newborn has difficulty making the transition from living in the womb to the outside world. May produce respiratory problems.
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