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91Oophagy — (pronounced /oʊˈɒfədʒi/ oh off ə jee), literally egg eating , is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside the mother s uterus. The word oophagy is formed from the classical Greek ᾠόν (ōion, egg) and… …
92Ovophagy — is a rare though widely observed condition in the reproduction of certain animals, whereby fetuses will devour each other prior to birth. The condition was most noticeably ascribed to the Bigeye thresher shark.… …
93Orphan — For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). Orphans by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents …
94Uterus — The uterus (womb) is a hollow, pear shaped organ located in a woman s lower abdomen between the bladder and the rectum. The narrow, lower portion of the uterus is the cervix; the broader, upper part is the corpus. The corpus is made up of two… …
95PTB — patellar tendon bearing; polypyrimi dine tract binding; prior to birth; proximal tubal blockage …
96Kerckring (Kerkring) center — an ossification center sometimes present in the posterior margin of the foramen magnum at about the sixteenth week of fetal life; it unites with the other squamous parts prior to birth. Called also Kerckring ossicle …
97antenatal — a. Prenatal, prior to birth, fetal, in the womb …
98PTB — • patellar tendon bearing; • polypyrimi dine tract binding; • prior to birth; • proximal tubal blockage …
99embryo sexing — The determination of the sex of an embryo prior to birth. Typically achieved by the polymerase chain reaction mediated amplification of DNA extracted from a sample of embryonic tissue. Dependent on the availability of reliable markers for the… …
100embryologic — adjective of an organism prior to birth or hatching in the embryonic stage embryologic development • Syn: ↑embryonic, ↑embryonal • Similar to: ↑immature • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
