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| Salpingectomy |
A surgical procedure to remove one or both
fallopian tubes. |
| Semen |
The fluid containing sperm and secretions
from the testicles, prostate, and seminal vesicles that
is expelled during ejaculation |
| Semen Analysis |
A test to assess sperm quality based upon
the following characteristics: ejaculate volume, appearance,
consistency, sperm morphology, sperm motility, sperm
concentration, and antibody presence. |
| Sonogram (Ultrasound) |
Imaging of internal systems through high
frequency sound waves. |
| Sperm Morphology |
The shape of ejaculated sperm. |
| Sperm bank |
A place where sperm are kept frozen in lizuid
nitrogen for later use in artificial insemination |
| Sperm count |
The number of sperm in the ejaculate (when
given as the number of sperm per millileter it is more
accurately known as the sperm concentration or sperm
density) |
| Spermatogenesis |
The process of sperm production. |
| Sterilization |
A surgical procedure (such as tubal ligation
or vasedtomy) designed to produce infertility |
| Superovulation |
Stimulation of multiple ovulation with fertility
drugs; also known as controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
(COH) |
| Surrogate mother |
A woman who becomes artificially inseminated
with a man's sperm and carries the pregnancy for an
infertile couple, who adopt the baby after its birth
(the man being the biological father of the child) |
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