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Birth control
The practice of using artificial means to prevent or terminate a pregnancy.
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Fever
Parenting; Birth control
Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practise a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the ...
Foetus
Parenting; Birth control
The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo.
Food and Drug Administration
Parenting; Birth control
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Public Health Service, which is a part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Genetics
Parenting; Birth control
The scientific study of heredity. Genetics pertains to humans and all other organisms. So, for example, there is human genetics, mouse genetics, fruitfly genetics, etc.
Genital herpes
Parenting; Birth control
A sexually transmitted disease spread virally between male and female sex organ contact.
Fallopian tube
Parenting; Birth control
One of two tubes through which an egg travels from the ovary to the uterus.
