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In visual perception, the extent to which visual stimuli appear light or dark.  

In tobacco agriculture, light-colored, flue-cured tobacco, burley.  

An instrument used to rate a subject’s psychiatric symptoms along multiple dimensions such as somatic complaint, depressive mood, anxiety, and motor ability.  

A common marriage custom wherein the groom presents some gifts to the bride’s family.  

Bridewealth.  

A non-distilled alcoholic beverage such as ale, beer, hard cider, or wine.  

Breech birth. A position of the baby in the uterus in which the buttocks will appear first during childbirth. A type of fetal presentation in which the fetus is buttocks or feet first. Any position or presentation of the fetus in the pelvis other than head first. A condition in pregnancy or labor in which,…

The birth position of a fetus in which the feet or buttocks precede the head out of the uterus. The occurrence of a baby being born bottom-first, instead of the typical head-first delivery, can introduce challenges during labor and delivery. This is due to the fact that the baby’s bottom doesn’t conform to the birth…

The birth of a baby when any part of the baby’s body is presented other than the head. A birth in which the baby’s buttocks appear first rather than its head.  

One of several instruments used to determine blood alcohol concentration by measuring the amount of alcohol in a sample of a person’s breath. The usually used on suspected drunk drivers.