lactation – the process of producing and releasing milk from the mammary glands in your breasts.
Lactation begins in pregnancy when hormonal changes signal the mammary glands to make milk in preparation for the birth of your baby.
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mutation – a change in the genetic structure of an organism (including a virus like HIV). See resistance.
sensitivity – when referring to the accuracy of a test result, sensitivity refers to the proportion of people with an illness or disease who have a positive test result.
If a test has low sensitivity, then false-negative results are the concern – where people have a condition but it is missed.
If a test has high sensitivity, then people are accurately diagnosed – and only a few people are missed.
For a serious condition, high sensitivity is essential to be able to identify people early.
See specificity.
sensitivity – when referring to the activity of a drug, sensitive means that a drug still works. As resistance develops a drug becomes less sensitive.
A complete loss of sensitivity implies that a drug is no longer working.
It also means that your partner may benefit from counselling.
myocardial infarction (MI) is the medical term for a heart attack.
AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome.