postmature birth
1Postmature birth — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 10417 ICD10 = ICD10|P|08|2|p|05 ICD9 = ICD9|766.22 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3248 MeshID = D007233 In order for an infant to be considered postmature,… …
2premature birth and postmature birth — ▪ medicine in humans, respectively, any birth that occurs significantly before or after the expected date of delivery. A premature birth is defined as one that occurs less than 37 weeks after conception. In the United States… …
3postmature — Referring to a fetus that remains in the uterus longer than the normal gestational period; i.e., longer than 42 weeks (288 days) in humans. * * * post·ma·ture mə t(y)u̇(ə)ralso chu̇(ə)r adj remaining in the uterus for longer than the normal… …
4multiple birth — Birth of more than one child from one pregnancy. Twins are most common, born in 1 of about every 80 pregnancies. Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg, which splits into two genetically identical embryos (though physical traits may …
5postmature — adj. describing a baby born after 42 weeks of gestation (calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period). Such a birth can be associated with maternal diabetes or with anencephaly in the fetus. Derivatives: postmaturity n …
6Preterm birth — Classification and external resources Intubated preterm baby in an incubator ICD 10 O …
7Coffin birth — Coffin birth, known in academia by the more accurate term postmortem fetal extrusion,[1][2] is the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of the decomposing body of a pregnant woman as a result of the increasing pressure of… …
8Pregnancy — For pregnancy in non human animals, see Pregnancy (mammals). Pregnancy Classification and external resources A pregnant woman at the end of the second trimester. ICD 10 …
9Amniotic band syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 P02.8 ICD 9 762.8 …
10fetus — /fee teuhs/, n., pl. fetuses. Embryol. (used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, esp. in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the… …
