=U-re´a.= A white crystallizable substance from the urine, blood and lymph. =U-re´ter.= The fibro-muscular tube which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder. =U-ræ´mi-a.= The presence of urinary constituents in the blood and the toxic condition produced thereby. =U-re´thra.= A membranous canal conveying urine from the bladder to the surface and in the male conveying the seminal ejaculations. =U´rin-al´´y-sis.= The chemical analysis of urine. =U´ter-us.= The hollow muscular organ which provides lodgement for the fœtus from conception to birth. The womb. =U´ter-us bi-cor´nis.= A womb wherein the two sides have been incompletely joined during development, and two horns, or protrusions, appear on the fundus. =U´ter-us di-del´phys.= A womb in which there has been separate development and incomplete fusion of the two sides. =U´ter-us du´plex.= A double uterus. =U´ter-us sep´tate.= A uterus that is divided by a partition or septum. =Var´i-cose veins.= Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a varix. The permanent dilatation of a vein. =Ven´e-sec´´tion.= The opening of a vein for the purpose of letting blood. =Ven´tral stalk.= An embryonic process which is the rudimental precursor of the umbilical cord. It is known as the ventral stalk because somewhat later in the course of development it becomes attached to the ventral (abdominal) surface of the embryo. =Ver´nix cas´e-o´´sa.= A fatty substance that covers the skin of the fœtus. =Ver´sion=. The act of turning, especially the manual turning of the fœtus in delivery. =External v.=, that which is performed by outside manipulation. =Internal v.=, version performed by the hand introduced into the uterus. =Braxton Hicks’ Version=, a version done with the whole hand in the vagina and two fingers entering the uterus through the partially dilated os. =Ves´i-cal.= Pertaining to the bladder. =Vi´a-bil´´i-ty.= Able to live after birth. =Vil´li.= 1. The finger-like projections that develop on the outside of the egg and connect it vascularly and otherwise with the uterus; a vascular chorionic tuft. 2. A minute club-shaped projection from the mucous membrane of the intestine. =Vul-sel´lum.= A forceps with teeth on the ends of the jaws. =Walch´er’s position.= The patient on the back with the hips at the edge of the table and the legs hanging down. =Whar´ton’s jelly.= The soft pulpy connective tissue that constitutes the largest part of the umbilical cord. =Womb.= Same as uterus. INDEX A Abderhalden test for pregnancy, 61 Abdomen: care of, 70 changes in pregnancy, 59 weakness of, 85 Abortion, 95 etiology, 207 management, 207 Accessory articles of diet, 319 Accidental hæmorrhage, 228 After-birth, 41, 117 After-pains, 154, 254 relief of, 154