ferning

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ferning

(ˈfɜːnɪŋ)
n
(Medicine) med (of cervical mucus) the formation of a fern-like pattern
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(3-5) Meconium (which itself verifies ruptured membranes) didn't change the fern pattern at any dilution,
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