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After a surgical operation.  

The care given to a woman after the birth of her child. The medical care of mother and newborn in the first few days to six weeks after birth. In a normal birth, this is the period in which bonding takes place between infant and mother (and father), starting immediately after the birth. After one…

Referring to the period after the birth of a child. The period immediately after birth or delivery. The term refers to both mother and baby.  

A condition in which mucus from the nose runs down into the throat and is swallowed. Discharge of nasal mucus into the pharynx, caused by rhinitis, sinusitis, or hypersecretion of mucus and usually associated with a feeling of nasal and throat obstruction and with unpleasant taste and odor. Treatment includes agents to constrict nasal vessels;…

A pregnancy which lasts longer than the usual gestation period of 42 weeks. A condition in which pregnancy lasts longer than 42 weeks. Although risks to the health of mother and baby increase after 42 weeks of pregnancy, 95 percent of postmature babies are born healthy and without incident. A situation in which a pregnancy…

Referring to a baby born after the usual gestation period of 42 weeks. Term referring to an infant born at 42 weeks or more that is, two or more weeks after the due date, normally calculated as 40 weeks from the beginning of the woman’s last menstruation. Postmaturity is a problem because the placenta, which…

Enteritis caused by X-rays.  

Referring to pain or disorder caused by X-rays.  

Inflammation of the foreskin. Inflammation usually due to bacterial infection, of the foreskin of the penis, causing redness, swelling, and pain; often associated with inflammation of the glans. Treatment is by antibiotics. Inflammation of the foreskin. This usually occurs in association with inflammation of the glans penis. Pain, redness, and swelling of the foreskin occurs…