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Nagele’s rule
A method for determining the expected date of confinement relative to pregnancy, determined by adding 7 days to the first day of the last normal menstrual period and subtracting 3 months from this date.
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Nadle
A third gender in the Navajo culture. Members of this gender are those who are dissatisfied or uncomfortable with the male and female gender roles as well as those born with ambiguous genitalia.
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Nabothian glands
Little glands at the neck of the cervix may form cysts and require treatment. One of many small, mucus-secreting glands of the cervix of the uterus. Dilated mucous glands in the uterine cervix.
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Mystification
A repeated parental denial of a child’s feelings and perceptions that results in the child losing his or her self-concept and sense of reality, resulting in chronic feelings of fear and guilt.
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Mystical experience
An experience often linked with the use of psychedelic or other psychoactive drugs in which the person feels extreme joy and contentment and a loss of sense of self.
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Myristicin
A compound found in nutmeg thought to be responsible for its hallucinogenic effect following ingestion of large amounts of nutmeg. A methylenedioxyphenyl substance. It is found in nutmeg and mace, and in lesser quantities in black pepper, parsley, celery, dill, and carrots. Nutmeg produces effects similar to alcoholic intoxication. Reportedly, these spices have been frequently…
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Mystic
A person who alleges to have powers to communicate directly with god or with the dead.
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Myotonic response
The muscle contractions that accompany sexual arousal.
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Myoneural
Relating to or involving both the muscles and the nerves.
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Myometrium
The smooth muscle layer of the uterine wall. Muscle coat of the womb. The muscular tissue in the uterus. Muscular layer of the uterine wall, surrounding the endometrium; it is made up of smooth muscle that has small, spontaneous contractions during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy in response to the hormones…
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