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Viable
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Viable Capable of living outside the womb.
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Womb
In female mammals, the organ in which the young live and grow before birth.
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Vegan
More restrictive than a vegetarian diet, which excludes only meat, a vegan diet excludes dairy products as well. Pregnant women wishing to follow a vegan diet should seek the help of a dietitian to make sure their nutritional needs are met.
Vegetarian
A vegetarian diet excludes meats, such as beef, turkey, and pork, but includes dairy products.
Ventilator
A machine used to help a person breathe. Also called a respirator, a ventilator can assist with breathing or breathe entirely for a patient.
Vernix caseosa
This cheesy or waxy substance that coats the fetus in the uterus is believed to protect the skin from exposure to amniotic fluid. Premature babies will be covered with a lot of vernix caseosa, while post-term babies will have almost none.
Very low birth weight
A baby weighing less than 3.3 pounds at birth is considered very low birthweight, and has a much higher risk of illness.
Viable
Vitamins
Any of a number of complex organic substances found in foods that are essential for normal body functioning.
Ventral pathway
One of two theorized systems of visual information processing. Information though to progress toward the temporal cortex V1-> V2 -> V4 -> IT. Functions for analysis of object qualities such as pattern shapes, size and colors.
Vieth-Muller circle
When the foveal centers are pointed at an object, the range for which images of all other objects fall on corresponding points of zero horizontal disparity. This differs from the perceived range of zero disparity, the Horopter.
Viewer centered coordinate system
The projection of an objects shape on the retina depends on the vantage point of the viewer.
Visual angle
A measurement of the area of the retina in degrees subtended by a stimulus. Roughly speaking the width of one's thumb at arm's length is approximately 2 degrees.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Womb
In female mammals, the organ in which the young live and grow before birth.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Vegan
More restrictive than a vegetarian diet, which excludes only meat, a vegan diet excludes dairy products as well. Pregnant women wishing to follow a vegan diet should seek the help of a dietitian to make sure their nutritional needs are met.
Vegetarian
A vegetarian diet excludes meats, such as beef, turkey, and pork, but includes dairy products.
Ventilator
A machine used to help a person breathe. Also called a respirator, a ventilator can assist with breathing or breathe entirely for a patient.
Vernix caseosa
This cheesy or waxy substance that coats the fetus in the uterus is believed to protect the skin from exposure to amniotic fluid. Premature babies will be covered with a lot of vernix caseosa, while post-term babies will have almost none.
Very low birth weight
A baby weighing less than 3.3 pounds at birth is considered very low birthweight, and has a much higher risk of illness.
Viable
Vitamins
Any of a number of complex organic substances found in foods that are essential for normal body functioning.
Ventral pathway
One of two theorized systems of visual information processing. Information though to progress toward the temporal cortex V1-> V2 -> V4 -> IT. Functions for analysis of object qualities such as pattern shapes, size and colors.
Vieth-Muller circle
When the foveal centers are pointed at an object, the range for which images of all other objects fall on corresponding points of zero horizontal disparity. This differs from the perceived range of zero disparity, the Horopter.
Viewer centered coordinate system
The projection of an objects shape on the retina depends on the vantage point of the viewer.
Visual angle
A measurement of the area of the retina in degrees subtended by a stimulus. Roughly speaking the width of one's thumb at arm's length is approximately 2 degrees.
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