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An African term for marijuana.  

A heaviness and aching sensation in the abdomen accompanied by nausea, edema, constipation, headache, backaches, discomfort in the breasts, and psychological uneasiness during menstruation.  

Syphilis resulting in the transmission of the spirochete from the mother to her unborn baby before or during birth. Incorrectly referred to as hereditary syphilis since syphilis is not caused by any genetic anomaly. Syphilis which is passed on from a mother to her unborn child. Congenital syphilis is a form of syphilis diagnosed in…

Infant defects resulting from a women’s infection with the rubella virus during the fist trimester of pregnancy. Transplacental transmission of the rubella virus to a fetus, resulting in spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, or major birth defects of the heart, eyes, or central nervous system, including deafness. Women who become pregnant and have not received rubella immunization…

A congenital defect in which a number of polyps grow in the colon and rectum.  

An unerect penis at birth less than three-quarters of an inch long. This condition may require medical attention.  

A defect of the heart that is present at birth. A heart condition existing at birth. An abnormality or malformation of the heart or the blood vessels connected to the heart that is present at birth. The causes of congenital heart disease are unknown. Current research tentatively suggests that contributing factors may include genetic abnormalities…

Any physical abnormality present at birth.  

An abnormality present at birth. A medical condition arising during development of the fetus and present at birth. Birth defect; abnormality, especially a structural one, present at birth; may be inherited, acquired during pregnancy, or inflicted as the result of the birth process; two examples are Down’s syndrome and cleft palate resulting from incomplete development…

Variables whose effects are so intermixed that they cannot be measured separately, making design of the experiment internally invalid and its results impossible to interpret. To introduce bias into a research study.