Medical terms

2. inactivation: The phenomenon in a female by which one X chromosome (either the maternally or paternally derived X) is randomly (by chance) inactivated in an early embryonic cell, with fixed inactivation of that same X in all cells descended from that cell. The change that occurs with X inactivation is epigenetic: it is a heritable change in gene function without a change in the sequence of the DNA.
3. continuous passive motion machine: A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg).
4. An intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
7. variation: Failure by the observer in a study or test to measure accurately, resulting in error. Inter-observer variation is the amount of variation between the results obtained by two or more observers examining the same material. Intra-observer variation is the amount of variation one observer experiences when observing the same material more than once.
8. Intravenous- An injection made directly into a vein.
10. The synthetic equivalent of corticosteroids produced by the body that is administered to suppress inflammation and as an immunosuppressant to prevent organ rejection by the body.
12. Inflammation of the ileum.
13. palsy- Paralysis of the facial nerve (seventh cranial) that causes drooping only on the affected side of the face.

1. To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn.
2. factor: A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X takes place in the liver and requires vitamin K. The gene for factor X is located on chromosome 13 and is in band 13q34.
5. Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium, the time immediately after delivery.
6. The interruption or termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable.
9. Involuntary,constant,rhythmic movement of the eyeball.
10. Inflammation of the heart.
11. A localized collection of purulent exudate (pus) within a circumscribed area.