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  2. Prenatal development - Wikipedia

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    Different terms are used to describe prenatal development, meaning development before birth. A term with the same meaning is the "antepartum" (from Latin ante "before" and parere "to give birth") Sometimes "antepartum" is however used to denote the period between the 24th/26th week of gestational age until birth, for example in antepartum ...

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the upper chest, the area above the breast and under the neck Greek στῆθος (stêthos), chest, cuirass: stethoscope: stheno-strength, force, power Greek σθένος (sthénos) stom-, stomat-of or pertaining to the mouth; an artificially created opening [12] Greek στόμᾰ, στοματ-(stóma, stomat-), mouth

  4. Embryology - Wikipedia

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    Medical embryology is used widely to detect abnormalities before birth. 2-5% of babies are born with an observable abnormality and medical embryology explores the different ways and stages that these abnormalities appear in. [1] Genetically derived abnormalities are referred to as malformations.

  5. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Development before birth, or prenatal development (from Latin natalis ' relating to birth ') is the process in which a zygote, and later an embryo, and then a fetus develops during gestation. Prenatal development starts with fertilization and the formation of the zygote , the first stage in embryonic development which continues in fetal ...

  6. Obstetrics - Wikipedia

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    During the birth of a child, men were rarely present. Women from the neighbourhood or family would join in on the process of birth and assist in many different ways. [108] The one position where men would help with the birth of a child would be in the sitting position, usually when performed on the side of a bed to support the mother. [77]: 130

  7. Infant - Wikipedia

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    The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, a baby who is only hours, days, or weeks old; while in medical contexts, a newborn or neonate (from Latin, neonatus, newborn) is an infant in the first 28 days after birth [2] (the term applies to premature, full term, and postmature infants).

  8. Preterm birth - Wikipedia

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    Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. [1] Extreme preterm [ 2 ] is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 28 and 32 weeks, early preterm birth occurs between 32 and 34 weeks, late preterm birth is ...

  9. Perinate - Wikipedia

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    A perinate refers to a member of a viviparous species from approximately one month before birth to one month after it. The term is derived from the Latin root perinatus , meaning "around birth." [ 1 ] In medical and biological contexts, it specifically denotes the period surrounding childbirth, including the final weeks of gestation and the ...