birth control |
Restriction of the number of offspring by means of contraceptive measures, projects, programs, or methods to control reproduction, by either improving or diminishing fertility. (05 Mar 2000) |
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bread pill |
A placebo made of bread crumbs or other inactive substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
pill |
The peel or skin. "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts." Origin: Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion. 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. "[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . In the rods." (Gen. Xxx. 37) Origin: Cf. L. Pilare to deprive of hair, and E. Pill, n. (above). 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. 2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured. <zoology> Pill beetle, any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Synonym: pill wood louse. Origin: F. Pilute, L. Pilula a pill, little ball, dim. Of L. Pila a ball. Cf. Piles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pill mass |
The mixture of drug(s), excipients, diluents and binders with a suitable amount of liquid to form a plastic mass which can be rolled into a long rod and cut into the appropriate number of units for pills to be rolled from. Synonym: pill mass. (05 Mar 2000) |
pill-rolling |
A circular movement of the opposed tips of the thumb and the index finger appearing as a form of tremor in paralysis agitans. (05 Mar 2000) |
pill-rolling tremor |
Resting tremor of the thumb and fingers seen in Parkinson disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
pill, the |
Slang term for oral contraceptive pill. (12 Dec 1998) |
pill-willet |
<zoology> The willet. Origin: So named from its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
sleeping pill |
<pharmacology> Sedative medications used to promote sleep. The benzodiazepines and barbiturates are commonly used. Examples include: diazepam, flurazepam, triazolam, chlordiazepoxide, secobarbital, amobarbital, talbutal and pentobarbital. (27 Sep 1997) |
birth |
1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. 2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. "Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications." (Prescott) 3. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. "A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name." (Dryden) 4. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. "At her next birth." 5. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. "Poets are far rarer births that kings." (B. Jonson) "Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself." (Addison) 6. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. New birth, regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life. Synonym: Parentage, extraction, lineage, race, family. Origin: OE. Burth, birth, AS. Beor, gebyrd, fr. Beran to bear, bring forth; akin to D. Geboorate, OHG. Burt, giburt, G. Geburt, Icel. Burr, Skr. Bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael. Beirthe born, brought forth. 92. See 1st Bear, and cf. Berth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
birth amputation |
Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
birth canal |
Cavity of the uterus and vagina through which the foetus passes. Synonym: parturient canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
birth certificates |
Official certifications by a physician recording the individual's birth date, place of birth, parentage and other required identifying data which are filed with the local registrar of vital statistics. (12 Dec 1998) |
birth defect |
Defect present at birth; sometimes referred to as congenital defect. (05 Mar 2000) |
birth fracture |
Fracture occurring during the trauma of delivery or, occasionally, before delivery in infants with osteogenesis imperfecta. (05 Mar 2000) |