fetal movement foetal movement | motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the th week of pregnancy) |
slowdown lag retardation | the act of slowing down or falling behind |
electronic fetal monitor electronic foetal monitor fetal monitor foetal monitor | an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth |
fetal age fertilization age gestational age | the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization |
deceleration slowing retardation | a decrease in rate of change, the deceleration of the arms race |
fetal membrane | any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus |
somatotropin somatotrophin somatotropic hormone somatotrophic hormone STH human growth hormone growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
fetal circulation foetal circulation | the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus |
retardation mental retardation backwardness slowness subnormality | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
emergence outgrowth growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
retardant retardent retardation | any agent that retards or delays or hinders, flameetardant |
annual ring growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth growing maturation development ontogeny ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
fetal distress foetal distress | an abnormal condition of a fetus, usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
fetal alcohol syndrome FAS | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy |
growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone plant hormone growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
growth hormoneeleasing factor GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
retardation | the extent to which something is delayed or held back |
growth rate rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |
fetal foetal | of or relating to a fetus, fetal development |