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extradural haematorrhachis(medicine)
haematorrhachis interna(medicine)
subdural haematorrhachis(medicine)
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Lactogen (medicine) and haematorrhachis (medicine)


Lactogen (medicine)


lactogen


An agent that stimulates milk production or secretion.

Origin: Lacto-+ G. -gen, producing

Human placental lactogen (HPL), lactogen isolated from human placentas and structurally similar to somatotropin; its biological activity weakly mimics that of somatotropin and prolactin; secreted into maternal circulation; a deficiency of HPL during Pregnancy leads to children having abnormal intrauterine and postnatal growth.

Synonym: choriomammotropin, chorionic "growth hormone-prolactin", human chorionic somatomammotropic hormone, human chorionic somatomammotropin, placenta protein, placental growth hormone, purified placental protein.


haematorrhachis (medicine)


haematorrhachis


A spinal haemorrhage.

Synonym: haemorrhachis.

Origin: haemato-+ G. Rhachis, spine

Haematorrhachis externa, haemorrhage into the spinal canal external to the cord, either within or outside the dura.

Synonym: extradural haematorrhachis, subdural haematorrhachis.