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Look through the glossary of terms to get the definition of the most widespread terms related to conceiving, pregnancy and delivery.
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Condition is the term, which has the whole number of biomedical meanings, such as:
   1. some unhealthy state, such as in “this is a progressive condition”;
   2. some state of fitness, such as “getting into condition”;
   3. something, that is necessary for the occurrence of something else, namely the “precondition”.

Condom is a device, which is applied with the aim to prevent either an unplanned pregnancy from occurring, as well as getting some sexually transmitted disease. There are male condoms as well as female condoms available. Both male and female condoms are considered to be barrier methods of contraception.

Condyloma acuminatum is the term, which is used to describe any warts and / or skin tags, which are sexually transmitted. It is caused by human papilloma virus (HIP).

Congenital is anything, which is present at birth.

Congenital problem is any problem, which appears during the delivery.

Conization of the cervix is a kind of surgical procedure, which is conducted on premalignant as well as malignant conditions of the cervix. During this procedure, a large biopsy of the cervix is taken in the shape of a cone.

Conjoined twins are those twins, which are connected somewhere at the body. They may share a leg, an arm, as well as vital organs.

Constipation is term, which is used to describe the bowel movements, which occur in either infrequent or incomplete manner.

Contraction stress test (CST) is the response of the fetus to the contractions of the uterus in order to evaluate fetal well – being.

Corpus luteum is called an area in the ovary, from where the egg is released during the ovulation process. After the ovulation occurred, it is possible that a cyst may get formed in this area.

Corpus luteum cyst is a cyst, which formed in the corpus luteum area after the egg was released during the process of ovulation.

Crown – to – rump length is the measurement of the baby from the top of his head to his buttocks during the ultrasound investigation.

Crowning is the point of the delivery process, when the head of the arriving baby can be seen at the vagina.

Cystitis is the term, which is applied to describe the inflammation of the bladder. As a rule the reason of cystitis becomes overcooling, however, some infection may also cause this condition.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a kind of infection from the group of viruses of the herpes virus family.



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