| ICP | incubation period; indwelling catheter program; infantile cerebral palsy; infection-control practiti... |
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| IPO | improved pregnancy outcome |
| IPPI | interruption of pregnancy for psychiatric indication |
| IUP | intrauterine pregnancy; intrauterine pressure |
| IUPAT | intrauterine pregnancy at term |
| RPL | Recurrent pregnancy loss |
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| TTP | Time to pregnancy |
| TOP | termination of pregnancy |
| pregnancy tumour | A pyogenic granuloma developing on the gingiva during pregnancy; thought to be related to hormonally altered response of the oral mucous membranes to local irritants such as bacterial plaque on adjacent teeth. Synonym: pregnancy tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pregnancy, unwanted | Pregnancy, usually accidental or unplanned, that is not desired by the parent or parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy zone proteins | Glycoproteins with the electrophoretic mobility of an alpha 2-globulin. They are found in small amounts in normal human plasma but in much larger volume in the plasma of pregnant women. These proteins have also been found in increased amounts in individuals undergoing oestrogen therapy and are sometimes produced ectopically by tumours of non-placental origin. Pregnancy zone proteins are believed to be of maternal rather than placental origin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heterotopic pregnancy | A pregnancy not in the uterine cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary abdominal pregnancy | A condition in which the embryo or foetus continues to grow in the abdominal cavity after its expulsion from the fallopian tube or other seat of its primary development. Synonym: abdominocyesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid pregnancy | The presence of a hydiform mole in the pregnant uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical pregnancy | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spurious pregnancy | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DA pregnancy test | Direct agglutination latex test for pregnancy. See: immunologic pregnancy test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immunologic pregnancy test | A general term for test's for detection of increased human chorionic gonadotropin in plasma or urine by immunologic techniques including latex particle agglutination, haemagglutination inhibition, radioimmunoassay, and radioreceptor assays. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial pregnancy | Development of the fertilised ovum in the uterine portion of the fallopian tube. Synonym: interstitial pregnancy, tubouterine pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraligamentary pregnancy | Pregnancy within the broad ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramural pregnancy | Development of the fertilised ovum in the uterine portion of the fallopian tube. Synonym: interstitial pregnancy, tubouterine pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraperitoneal pregnancy | The implantation and development of the ovum in the peritoneal cavity, usually secondary to an early rupture of a tubal pregnancy; very rarely, primary implantation may occur in the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: abdominocyesis, intraperitoneal pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovarian pregnancy | Development of an impregnated ovum in an ovarian follicle. See: Spiegelberg's criteria. Synonym: oocyesis, ovariocyesis. (05 Mar 2000) |