Finding
live birth
live birth
Subclass of:
Pregnancy Outcome
Definitions related to live birth:
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The complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The event that a FETUS is born alive with heartbeats or RESPIRATION regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE. Such liveborn is called a newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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