(n.) 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 oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 38 control fetuses had normal-appearing posterior fossae.
(2) A review of campylobacter meningitis by Lee et al in 1985 reported nine cases occurring in neonates, of which only one case was caused by C. fetus.
(3) In addition, congenital anemias such as sickle cell disease can impact on the health of the mother and fetus.
(4) There is precedent in Islamic law for saving the life of the mother where there is a clear choice of allowing either the fetus or the mother to survive.
(5) The aim of this study was to plot the course of the transcutaneously measured PCO2 (tcPCO2) in the fetus during oxygenation of the mother.
(6) Instead of later renal failure and, of course, mental retardation, it was the histological features of the fetus eyes which permit to diagnose and exhibit both congenital cataract and irido-corneal angle dysgenesis.
(7) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(8) The combination of an over-distended uterus caused by a multiple-fetus pregnancy with therapeutic bed-rest may cause mechanical ileus.
(9) Only one ewe aborted, 10 days after the first infecting dose, at 94 days of gestation; L monocytogenes was isolated from several sites in both its aborted fetuses.
(10) One thousand singleton low-risk pregnancies were cross-sectionally studied at 36-40 weeks gestation with continuous-wave Doppler ultrasonography in order to assess its usefulness as an antepartum monitoring technique for the identification of fetuses at risk of developing an adverse outcome.
(11) Histological studies with neonatal mice raise the possibility that Müllerian duct tissue may represent a site for the transplacental toxicity of DES in both the male and female fetus.
(12) It is often necessary to estimate the dose of radiation to a fetus from a series of CT scans.
(13) The perinatal development of the levator ani (LA) muscle in male and female rats was investigated by measuring the total number of muscle units (MU) (i.e., mononucleate cells, clustered or independent myotubes, and muscle fibers) in transverse semithin sections of the entire muscle and the MU cross-sectional area in 22-day-old fetuses (F22), 1-day-old (D1 = day of birth), 3-day-old (D3), and 6-day-old (D6) newborns.
(14) Digitalization by direct intramuscular injection of the fetus successfully controlled supraventricular tachycardia at 24 weeks' gestation after more traditional intensive trials of transplacental therapy with digoxin, verapamil, and procainamide, either separately or in combination, had failed.
(15) By contrast, there was a rapid exchange of tracer Leu carbon between placenta and fetus resulting in a significant flux of labeled KIC from placenta to fetus.
(16) Axosomatic and axodendritic contacts were present in the cortices of the fetuses.
(17) A case of mixed congenital abnormalities in a fetus demonstrated ultrasonographically during the second trimester of pregnancy in an uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetic mother is presented.
(18) Intensive care monitoring of the fetus during labour improves perinatal conditions in 'high-risk" Black women.
(19) The first is that the supposed exaggerated winter birthrate among process schizophrenics actually represents a reduction in spring-fall births caused by prenatal exposure to infectious diseases during the preceding winter--i.e., a high prenatal death rate in process preschizophrenic fetuses.
(20) Evaluation of the roles of prolactin and placental lactogen in pregnancy in primates has revealed mammotropic, fetal osmoregulatory, metabolic, and steroidogenic roles, which appear to protect the uterine contents during late pregnancy and prepare the fetus for the changes in nutrition at the time of delivery.
Stillbirth
Definition:
(n.) The birth of a dead fetus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Excluding stillbirths, perinatal deaths and forensic cases, a total of 434 hospital autopsies were analysed retrospectively, 190 from 1976 and 244 from 1986.
(2) Multiple births and stillbirths were excluded from the material, leaving single livebirths with an estimated length of gestation of 28-44 weeks.
(3) The incidence of stillbirth was higher in the PYR groups than the control group, but no major external malformation was observed in the piglets of the PYR groups.
(4) It offers details for preparing the baby for viewing and holding, describes burial arrangements, and provides information on hospital policies for the disposal of a fetal demise or stillbirth.
(5) It was shown that a positive test had a highly significant correlation with a worsened perinatal outcome as measured by stillbirth rate, fetal distress in labour, intrauterine growth retardation, Apgar scores and the need for neonatal resuscitation and intensive care.
(6) Mothers with three or more previous live births or a history of stillbirths were more likely to have anencephalic offspring than were those without these documented histories.
(7) The deletion was not observed in either the mtDNA of the liver of the stillbirth or the blood cells of subjects of all the age groups.
(8) The amount of lymphatic tissue in the spleen increases steadily in the stillbirths of different gestations and continues, without interruption, at the time of birth and in neonates.
(9) Most of the stillbirth and neonatal deaths were because of gross asphyxia, prolonged labor due to cephalopelvic disproportion and uterine dysfunction, fetal distress, and abnormal presentation.
(10) Congenital anomalies followed by stillbirths were the most frequent causes of perinatal death.
(11) To determine the risk factors for stillbirth, a case-control study was carried out in a rural community of Haryana.
(12) In this case report, a 37-year-old woman gave an obstetric history which included a normal live birth, a stillbirth at 24 weeks, and a first trimester spontaneous abortion.
(13) Normal delivery traces were observed as large globes, yellowish-brown, covered with yellowish-white of agglomerate cells, while stillbirth traces appeared as middle-sized, orange or yellowish-brown masses.
(14) Offspring of mice infected with CTF virus during the 2nd week of pregnancy showed a highly significant increase in the incidence of stillbirths and neonatal deaths as compared with offspring of uninfected controls.
(15) The present analysis, which concerns 5700 pregnancies experienced by the participants in the investigation, adds to the evidence that ex-users of oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices suffer no delecterious effects on the outcome of pregnancy in terms of miscarriage, ectopic gestation, stillbirth, congenital malformation, alteration in the sex ratio or reduction in birth weight.
(16) Bourne has produced statistical evidence to show that family docotrs are astonishingly reluctant to know or remember anything about the patient who has had a stillbirth.
(17) The rate of stillbirths was the same as reported among all births in the country of Stockholm but the perinatal mortality rate was significantly higher (see also a following article, ref.
(18) In addition, 57% of stillbirths occurred at infant weights of greater than or equal to 1500 gm.
(19) The overall stillbirth and infant mortality rates were two to three times higher than those of infants born after natural conception in England and Wales; this is attributed to the high incidence of multiple births.
(20) Risk of stillbirth and neonatal death varied substantially between social groups even after taking account of number of visits made.