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A special chair in which a woman sits to give birth. A chair designed to use gravity to ease childbirth. Traditional in many cultures until modern times, as a simple high-backed stool with a hole in the center, the birthing chair has been revived in recent decades in modern designs that allow women to sit…

A nerve cell with two processes, a dendrite and an axon, found in the retina.  

Referring to a muscle with fibres which rise from either side of the tendon.  

Referring to the two parietal bones. Concerning the parietal bones or their eminences. Related to both parietal bones, which constitute a portion of the sides of the skull.  

The treatment of disease with substances produced through the activity of living organisms such as sera, vaccines or antibiotics. In complementary medicine and in oncology, the use of biological response modifiers (e.g., interleukins, phytochemicals, or phytonutrients) to enhance the immune response, alter hormone levels, or assist in the treatment of cancer.  

The use of living organisms in surgery and post-surgical treatment, especially the use of maggots or leeches to clean wounds.  

A device that uses a biological agent such as an enzyme or organelle to detect, measure or analyse chemicals. A device that senses and analyzes biological information, including temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, or the chemical composition of body fluids.  

A profile of a fetus, based on such things as its breathing movement and body movement. A system of estimating current fetal status, determined by analyzing five variables via ultrasonography and nonstress testing. Fetal breathing movements, gross body movement, fetal tone, amniotic fluid volume, and fetal heart rate reactivity are each assigned specific values. Each…

A drug produced by biotechnological methods.