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Everyday Health, Inc.
Industry: Health care
Number of terms: 8622
Number of blossaries: 1
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The most common chromosomal abnormality, Down syndrome results when a fetus has an extra copy of chromosome number 21. It causes mild to severe mental retardation, as well as other physical problems such as heart defects.
Industry:Parenting
The lower part of the large intestine, ending in the anal opening.
Industry:Parenting
The male reproductive cells produced by the testicles. Sperm is deposited by the male into the female's vagina and fertilizes an egg to produce an embryo.
Industry:Parenting
The inability to conceive or carry a child to term.
Industry:Parenting
The fluid emitted from a man's penis that contains sperm.
Industry:Parenting
The glands of the breast that produce breast milk.
Industry:Parenting
The hollow, pear-shaped, muscular organ in which a baby grows.
Industry:Parenting
The fertilized egg before it begins to divide and grow into an embryo.
Industry:Parenting
The female reproductive organs that release eggs into the fallopian tubes, where they may be fertilized if sperm is present.
Industry:Parenting
The female genital passage that leads from the uterus to the opening between the labia.
Industry:Parenting