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Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (PESA)
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Retrieving sperm directly from the coiled tubing outside the testicles that store sperm (epididymis) using a very fine needle.
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Pergonal
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Drug company name for hMG
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Perinatal Death
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The death of a baby either in the uterus after 24 weeks pregnancy (stillbirth) or within 28 days after the birth.
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Pick up
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Oocyte collection during an IVF cycle
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Pituitary gland
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A small gland just beneath the hypothalamus that secretes follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCO)
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Development of multiple cysts in the ovaries due to arrested follicular growth, anovulation.
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Polyspermia
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Fertilization of the egg by more than one sperm.
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Post coital test (PCT)
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An examination of a woman's cervical mucus after she has had intercourse to determine the number and motility (ability to move) of sperm in the mucus.
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Pregnyl
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Drug company name for hCG
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Profasi
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Drug company name for hCG
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Progesterone
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An ovarian hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation has occurred; also produced by the placenta during pregnancy.
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Progestin
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A synthetic hormone that has an action similar to progesterone.
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Prolactin
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A pituitary hormone that stimulates milk production.
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Pronucleus
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The male or female genetic material visible just after fertilisation of an egg (plural: pronuclei)
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Pronuclear embryo
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A fertilised egg (embryo) still only one cell in which the pronuclei are visible
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PROST
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Pronuclear Stage Transfer (of embryos in IVF)
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