| blighted ovum |
An embryo that has stopped developing and is no longer viable. Pregnancy hormones are produced by the placenta and an egg is fertilized, but the sac that is supposed to contain the fertilized egg is empty, no baby has developed, and the pregnancy is miscarried.
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| blighted ovum |
early pregnancy loss marked histologically by hydropic degenerative change in villi, uniform villous edema and lack of trophoblastic hyperplasia
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| blighted ovum |
A fertilised ovum that fails to develop into an embryo and usually results in an early miscarriage.
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| blighted ovum |
Fertilized egg that failed to develop properly after implantation. Gestation sac develops in the absence of an embryo.
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| blighted ovum |
A general term used to mean a fertilized egg that fails to survive after implantation in the uterus.
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