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calipers (medicine) and fern test (medicine)


calipers (medicine)


calipers


An instrument used for measuring diameters.

Origin: a corruption of caliber


fern test (medicine)


fern test


A test for oestrogenic activity; cervical mucus smears form a fern pattern at those times when oestrogen secretion is elevated, as at the time of ovulation; a test to detect ruptured amniotic membranes.