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Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… … Wikipedia
New Safe Confinement — Computer impression of the New Safe Confinement to cover No.4 Reactor at Chernobyl The New Safe Confinement (NSC or New Shelter) is the structure intended to contain the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Ukraine, part of which was destroyed by the… … Wikipedia
EDC — Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born. * * * Abbreviation for estimated date of confinement. See Nägele rule. * * * electronic data capture; emergency decontamination center; end diastolic count;… … Medical dictionary
EDC — Electronic Data Capture (Computing » General) *** Export Development Corporation (Business » International Business) ** European Documentation Centre (Business » Firms) * Error Detection and Correction (Governmental » Military) * Estimated Date… … Abbreviations dictionary
Midwifery — Midwives redirects here. For the novel by Chris Bohjalian, see Midwives (novel). A midwife measures the height of the mother s fundus at about 26 weeks to determine the probable gestational age of the fetus. Midwifery is a health care profession… … Wikipedia
EDC — • electronic data capture; • emergency decontamination center; • end diastolic count; • endocrine disrupting chemical; • endocrine disrupting compound; • estimated date of conception; • ethylene dichloride; • expected date of confinement; •… … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
postmature labor — postponed labor labor occurring two weeks or more after the expected date of confinement. See also postterm pregnancy, under pregnancy … Medical dictionary
Naegele's rule — is a standard way of calculating the due date for a pregnancy. The rule estimates the expected date of delivery (EDD) by adding one year, subtracting three months, and adding seven days to the first day of a woman s last menstrual period (LMP).… … Wikipedia
Règle de Naegele — La règle de Naegele est une règle mathématique permettant de calculer la date normale de l accouchement d une femme enceinte. Elle porte le nom du gynécologue d Heidelberg Franz Karl Naegele (né à Düsseldorf, Allemagne, en 1778, mort en 1851).… … Wikipédia en Français
maternity rights — in the employment law of the UK, a series of rights given to pregnant women. Statutory maternity pay is payable. Maternity allowance is a social security benefit if she cannot get statutory maternity pay. A woman who has worked right up to the… … Law dictionary
