Medical devices

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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X chromosome

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The congenital, developmental, or genetic information in the cell that transmits the information necessary to make a female. All eggs contain one X chromosome, and half of all ...

Y chromosome

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The genetic material that transmits the information necessary to make a male. The Y chromosome can be found in one-half of the man's sperm cells. When an X and a Y chromosome ...

zona pellucida

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The outer protein coat (shell) of an ovum, which must be penetrated by a sperm cell for fertilization to take place.

zygote

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A fertilized egg which has not yet divided.

zygote intrafallopian transfer

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An ART in which eggs are removed from a woman's ovaries, fertilized with the man's sperm in a lab dish, and the resulting embryos are transferred into the woman's fallopian tubes ...

asherman’s syndrome

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

A condition where the uterine walls adhere to one another. Usually caused by uterine inflammation.

cushing’s syndrome

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A condition characterized by an overproduction of adrenal gland secretions. The person will suffer from high blood pressure and water retention as well as a number of other ...