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| N-O | Natural childbirth occurs, when labor, as well as delivery, takes place without the application of any medicine, and when the mother stays awake during the whole delivery process and helps her baby to arrive.
Neonatal is anything, which pertains to a newborn baby.
Neural – tube defects are called any abnormalities, which occur in the development of the spinal cord and / or brain of a fetus.
Non – stress test is the test, with the help of which the movements of the fetus are recorded by the woman along with all the changes in the fetal heart rate in order to be able to assess the well – being of a fetus after the 32nd week of pregnancy.
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Obstetrician is a doctor, who specializes in care of women, while they are pregnant and during the delivery process.
Obstetrics is the term, which is used to describe the art and / or science of managing pregnancy, labour as well as the puerperium period.
Oligohydramnios is the term, which is applied to describe lack of deficiency of amniotic fluid.
Omphalocele is called the presence of any congenital outpouching of the umbilicus, where internal organs of the fetus or newborn infant are contained.
Organogenesis is the development of any organ system of the embryo.
Ossification is called the process of the embryo’s bones formation.
Ovarian cycle is the term, which is used to describe the process of regular production of hormones by one of the ovaries (as a rule the ovaries produce these hormones in a row, one after another) in response to hormonal messages, received from the brain. The ovarian cycle governs the endometrial cycle.
Ovary is the name of the female gonad. It is one of a pair of women’s reproductive organs. Ovaries are located in the pelvic area, one on each side of the uterus. Normally, each ovary has the size and the shape of an almond. The ovaries produce eggs as well as female hormones. During each menstrual cycle an egg is released from one of the ovaries and then it travels along a fallopian tube directly to the uterus. Besides, the ovaries are considered to be the main source of female hormones, which act by controlling the development of the female body characteristics, such as body shape, body hair and breasts. Ovaries also regulate the menstrual cycle as well as pregnancy.
Ovulation is called the cyclical production of an egg from one of the ovaries. The ovaries produce eggs in a row one after another.
Oxytocin is the name of the medication, which may cause the contractions of the uterus and the beginning of the delivery.
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