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Haemostasis
Stopping of bleeding involving blood coagulation and contraction of damaged blood vessels.
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Haematological
Disorders associated with the study of blood.
Hypercoaguable
Propensity for the body to develop thrombosis.
Hypervolaemia
Blood volume is increased.
Hypotension
Abnormally low arterial blood pressure.
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Involution
Physiological process of the uterus returning to be a pelvic organ.
Ischemia
Inadequate blood supply to tissues caused by blockage of the blood vessels.
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Lochia
The decidual lining of the uterus degenerates and is shed in the postpartum blood loss through the vagina.
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Myometrium
Middle layer of the uterus.
Phagocytosis
Digestion of bacteria and removal of pathogens.
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