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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 practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the ...
fetus
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.
fertilization
Parenting; Birth control
The process of the male sperm combining with the female egg to form a cell called zygote.
fallopian tube
Parenting; Birth control
One of two tubes through which an egg travels from the ovary to the uterus.
endocrinology
Parenting; Birth control
The study of hormones, their receptors, the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke, and the diseases and conditions associated with them.
