fetal tissue
1Fetal tissue implant — or fetal cell therapy is implanting tissue from a fetus to a patient for treatment of disease. In the case of Parkinson s disease, it is hoped that the fetal tissue would produce chemicals, specifically dopamine, lacking in the diseased brain.… …
2fetal tissue research — Scientific experimentation performed upon or using tissue taken from human fetuses. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. fetal tissue research Scientific experimentation per …
3Fetal surgery — Intervention ICD 9 CM 75.36 Fetal surgery is any of a broad range of surgical techniques that are used to treat birth defects in fetuses who are still in the pregnant uterus. Open fetal surgery involves comple …
4Fetal alcohol syndrome — (FAS) is a disorder of permanent birth defects that occurs in the offspring of women who drink alcohol during pregnancy. It is unknown whether amount, frequency or timing of alcohol consumption during pregnancy causes a difference in degree of… …
5tissue layer — noun a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants • Syn: ↑membrane • Derivationally related forms: ↑membranous (for: ↑membrane) • Hypernyms: ↑animal tissue …
6fetal calf serum — Expensive component of standard culture media for many types of animal tissue cells …
7fetal fat — a term sometimes used in pathology to refer to brown adipose tissue …
8fetal membrane — noun any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus • Hypernyms: ↑membrane, ↑tissue layer • Hyponyms: ↑allantois, ↑caul, ↑veil, ↑embryonic membrane, ↑umbilical cord …
9Diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy — Fetal aneuploidy is not as common as other birth defects, affecting 9 in 1000 births and increasing with maternal age. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling have historically been two of the most popular methods used to detect fetal… …
10adrenogenic tissue — fetal zone of adrenal cortex …
