Word: ectopia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...exposed heart was a case of rare ectopia cordis, of which 28 cases have been recorded since 1706. The deformity may be caused by failure of embryonic chest cells to fuse in the middle. Since Maria's heart was unprotected by a membrane, Dr. Guillermo del Castillo carefully covered it with a thin stemless cocktail glass, and placed the baby, who was otherwise normal, in an incubator...
Have you had, he squinted his eyebrows, haemophilia, haematolysis, haemotysis, sternutation, syringitis, szopelka, ectopia? You don't have to answer; I will put down "no" to each. Have you ever felt dizzy; have you ever swooned, fainted, lost consciousness? No, the doctor said; and he wrote "no". Have you had any bone injuries, major operations, children's diseases, diseases, or social diseases? No, he said; and he wrote...
| 1 |