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Re: Twin gestation From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com) Tue Nov 13 12:12:00 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Twin gestation" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Twin gestation" In reply to: Andrew Folley: "Re: Twin gestation" Next in thread: ainsron: "Re: Twin gestation" Reply: ainsron: "Re: Twin gestation" >From Stedman's Medical Dictionary at http://www.dictionary.com American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/00-database-info?db=ahsmd>- Cite This Source <http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=viable&ia=ahsmd> - Share This <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/viable#sharethis> *vi·a·ble* (v-bl) *adj.* 1. Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions. 2. Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn. ------------------------------ *via=B7bili=B7ty* *n.* The American Heritage(R) Stedman's Medical Dictionar= ------------------------------ y -- ------------------------------ Copyright (c) 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Dan On Nov 13, 2007 1:31 PM, Andrew Folley <agfolley@hotmail.com> wrote: > *Viability* means in general "capacity for survival" and is more > specifically used to mean a capacity for living, developing, or germinating > under favorable conditions. The word is especially used in the following > contexts: > > - *pregnancy* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy>, viability > refers to either: > - an early stage pregnancy that has a chance of reaching > full-term and a live birth (as opposed to, for example, an *ectopic > pregnancy* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectopic_pregnancy>); > or > - the shortest length of pregnancy after which a child *born*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth> > *prematurely* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_birth>has a chance of survival. Generally, > *this ranges from 20-27 weeks*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus#Viability> > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ -- R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT Professor Emeritus Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Indiana U. School of Medicine R. Daniel Braun "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND" Einstein 1941 Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Twin gestation" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: Twin gestation" In reply to: Andrew Folley: "Re: Twin gestation" Next in thread: ainsron: "Re: Twin gestation" Reply: ainsron: "Re: Twin gestation"

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