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Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

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placenta previa

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Blocking placenta. The placenta lies over the internal cervix covering the passage the baby needs to take to be born.

polar body

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The discarded genetic material resulting from female germ cell division. See also Meiosis.

polycystic ovaries

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A condition found in women who don't ovulate, characterized by excessive production of androgens (male sex hormones) and the presence of cysts in the ovaries. Though PCO can be ...

post coital test

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

A microscopic examination of the cervical mucus best performed twelve or more hours after intercourse to determine compatibility between the woman's mucus and the man's semen; a ...

postpartum

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After delivery. This period lasts until six weeks after delivery.

posttesticular system

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The ducts that store and deliver the sperm to the opening of the penis; also includes the glands that produce seminal fluids.

pre-embryo

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The fertilised egg that is produced outside the uterus during IVF.