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  • Cornual pregnancy

    A rare type of ectopic pregnancy (found in about 2% to 4% of all ectopic pregnancies) in which implantation takes place in one of the horns of the uterus. The uterine horn may rupture between the 12th and 16th week of gestation, causing life-threatening shock. Traditionally, cornual pregnancies have been managed with laparotomy and hysterectomy,…

  • Coitus during pregnancy

    Sexual intercourse during pregnancy. There is no evidence that this has adverse effects on the pregnancy or the embryo (i.e., perinatal mortality). Also, sexual intercourse does not initiate labor.  

  • Cervical pregnancy

    Pregnancy with implantation of the embryo in the cervical canal.  

  • Ampullar pregnancy

    Ectopic implantation of the zygote in the ampulla of a fallopian tube; 78% of all ectopic pregnancies occur in this site.  

  • Pre-embryonic period

    In human gestation the stage of prenatal development beginning with implantation of the fertilized egg and ending at day 4.  

  • Pre-embryo

    The morula and blastocyst stages produced by the division of the zygote until the formation of the embryo proper at the appearance of the primitive streak about 14 days after fertilization.  

  • Predisposing

    Indicating a tendency to, or susceptibility to, disease.  

  • Prediction rules

    Identifying and giving weight to the factors important in formulating a diagnosis, in order to establish the probability that a disease is present.  

  • Predicrotic

    Preceding the dicrotic wave of the sphygmographic tracing.  

  • Prediabetes

    Early evidence either of autoimmune disease or impaired carbohydrate metabolism in patients who later develop overt diabetes mellitus. The condition includes impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance. In the U.S. in 2007 more than 50 million people were affected by prediabetes.  

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