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Lamaze (health) and mouse unit (medicine)


Lamaze (health)


Pioneered by Dr. Ferdinand Lamaze, this technique for preparing for Childbirth (also called the psychoprophylactic method) is based on the idea that the best way to control pain is through knowledge and relaxation. The method emphasizes breathing techniques.





mouse unit (medicine)


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Allen-Doisy unit


The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit.

Synonym: mouse unit.