(In southern Africa) a traditional healer or diviner. Example sentences. 1  As a sangoma (traditional healer) who is also medically qualified, I see modern approaches to AIDS reaching an invisible limit as they confront the traditional approaches.xample sentences. 1  As a sangoma (traditional healer) who is also medically qualified, I see modern approaches to AIDS reaching an invisible limit as they confront the traditional approaches.
Determining the Estimated Due Date. The estimated due date (EDD or EDC) is the date that spontaneous onset of labor is expected to occur. The due date may be estimated by adding 280 days ( 9 months and 7 days) to the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP). This is the method used by pregnancy wheels.
(Women are traditionally told their due date is 280 days, or 40 weeks, after the first day of their last period -- a rule of thumb that assumes each woman has a typical 28-day cycle and that each woman ovulates on the 14th day of her cycle.)