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A mild form of polio which only affects the throat and intestines. Poliomyelitis in which the illness is mild with no involvement of the central nervous system.  

Set of symptoms sometimes experienced in the period after an abortion including guilt, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, eating and sleeping disorders and suicidal thoughts.  

A drug that causes an abortion to occur very early in pregnancy.  

A person who helps a woman abort, usually a person who performs an illegal abortion. An individual who illegally performs an abortion. In many jurisdictions, this is a serious offense subject to legal penalties. This term generally does not apply to medical professionals who end a pregnancy for legally sanctioned reasons, such as risks to…

To eject an embryo or fetus, or to cause an embryo or fetus to be ejected, and so end a pregnancy before the fetus is fully developed. To expel an embryo or fetus prior to viability. The term used to describe the conclusion of a pregnancy, whether occurring naturally or with the assistance of medical…

A condition in which the teeth in the top and bottom jaws do not touch. Condition in which, in biting, the upper jaw teeth do not touch the lower jaw teeth. A state where the lower teeth do not make contact with the upper teeth.  

Referring to a muscle which brings parts of the body away from each other or moves them away from the central line of the body or a limb.  

The sixth cranial nerve, which controls the muscle which makes the eyeball turn outwards. One of a pair of motor nerves, the sixth cranial nerves, that originates in the brainstem and supplies the lateral rectus muscles of the eye. The sixth cranial nerve, which supplies the lateral rectus muscle of each eyeball, responsible for turning…

An internal examination of the abdomen, usually with an endoscope. An assessment of the inside of the abdomen accomplished by inserting an instrument through its wall.  

Referring to a position of a fetus in the uterus, where the fetus’s abdomen is facing the mother’s back.