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WBC WBC - White Blood Cells.
Womb - a hollow muscular organ (as big as a small pear) present in the pelvis. It is connected to the vagina by the cervix and to the abdominal cavity by the fallopian tubes. Its main function is to contain and nourish the fertilized egg as it develops into an embryo, a fetus and eventually an infant. Its inside is lined by a thick layer of specialized glandular cells called the endometrium. Worm burden Worm burden - the number of worms an individual host carries. Sometimes directly measurable (Ascaris), sometimes only indirectly (schistosomiasis).
X Chromosome - 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 sperm carry an X chromosome. When two X chromosomes combine, the baby will be a girl.
Y Chromosome - 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 combine, the baby will be a boy. Yeast (Candidiasis) Yeast - an infection that may be uncomfortable and itchy and may impair fertility. Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer - 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 Zygotes are transferred into the woman's fallopian tubes during a minor surgical procedure.
Zona pellucida - the translucent belt consisting of a noncellular layer that is deposited at the periphery of the egg while it is in the ovary and continues to surround the egg and the conceptus until the stage of implantation, during which time the embryo "hatches" outside the zona pellucida.
Zoonosis - a parasite naturally transmitted between man and other vertebrate species.
Zygote - an egg that has been fertilized but not yet divided.
Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer - 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 Zygotes are transferred into the woman's fallopian tubes during a minor surgical procedure.
Abbreviated Medical Dictionary © 2001 Kuska House (concept, script, content) |
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