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Fertilized egg.  

The number of births per year per 1000 women aged 15-44 years, total fertility rate. The number of live births occurring in a year per 1000 women of child-bearing age (usually 15 to 44 years of age). A less reliable measure of fertility can be obtained from the live birth rate (the number of live…

Contraception methods that attempt to pinpoint the time of ovulation: rhythm method; basal body temperature method; mucous method. The identification of the days during a woman’s menstrual cycle when her potential for conception is highest.  

The period each month during which a woman’s ovum has been released and can most readily be fertilized by a sperm. That time in the menstrual cycle in which fertilization is most likely to occur. Attempts to determine a woman’s fertile period are based on knowledge of when ovulation (the release of an ovum, or…

A potent synthetic analgesic. A narcotic pain reliever. Fentanyl (Duragesic, Sublimaze) is used as a short-acting pain reliever and as an adjunct to general anesthesia for surgical procedures. It works by altering the person’s perception of painful stimuli, relieving pain that is moderate to severe. Like morphine, fentanyl is a central nervous system and respiratory…

An appetite suppressant. Anorexia-inducing drug that was withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of heart valve problems found in association with it. Fenfluramine was often used in combination with the drug phentermine, the so-called “fen-phen” combination. Phentermine was not found to be unsafe when used alone as directed. A drug, similar to amphetamine, that…

An opening on the inner wall of the middle ear leading to the cochlea.  

The bone of the thigh. The is the largest bone of the body. The bone in the top part of the leg which joins the acetabulum at the hip and the tibia at the knee. Also called thighbone. Thighbone, the longest and strongest bone in the body, extending from the hip to the knee. Largely…

A continuation of the popliteal vein that becomes the external iliac vein. A vein running up the upper leg, a continuation of the popliteal vein. Blood vessel of the thigh that returns blood from the lower leg, starting at the popliteal vein and ending at the iliac vein. A continuation of the popliteal vein upward…

The rounded articular surface at the extremity of the femur.