multiple gestation

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• multiple gestation — see under pregnancy …   Medical dictionary

• multiple pregnancy — pregnancy in which two or more fetuses exist simultaneously; it may be monovular (resulting from the fertilization of a single oocyte) or polyovular (resulting from the fertilization of more than one oocyte). When more than two fetuses coexist,… …   Medical dictionary

• Gestation — is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). The time interval of a gestation plus 2 weeks is called gestation period ,… …   Wikipedia

• Multiple sclerosis — Classification and external resources Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100 ICD …   Wikipedia

• Multiple birth — Quadruplet , quintuplet , etc. redirect here. For the musical use of the terms, see tuplet. Triplet brothers at graduation. Identical triplets are extremely rare, something that occurs only once in every 500,000 births. A multiple birth occurs… …   Wikipedia

• multiple 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 …   Universalium

• Gestation — Schwangere Frau Anatomisches Modell der Schwangerschaft im neunten Monat Die Schwangerschaft (medizinisch Gestation oder Gravidität, von lateinisch gravitas, „Schwere“) be …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• multiple birth — the birth of two or more offspring produced in the same gestation period, the frequency of birth of viable offspring after such multiple pregnancy having been computed as follows: twins, 1 in 80; triplets, 1 in 6400 (80 Ч 80); quadruplets, 1 in… …   Medical dictionary

• List of multiple births — For notable twins, see List of twins and . This is a list of multiple births, consisting of notable multiple births and pregnancies that were greater than twins, such as triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets, and higher… …   Wikipedia

• Twin — Monozygotic ( identical ) twins A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy.[1] Twins can either be monozygotic (in common parlance, identical ), meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or… …   Wikipedia

• Alpha-fetoprotein — (AFP) is a molecule produced in the developing embryo and fetus. In humans, AFP levels decrease gradually after birth, reaching adult levels by 8 to 12 months. Normal adult AFP levels are low, but detectable; however, AFP has no known function in …   Wikipedia