Submitted by wcm_male_infert... on August 11, 2015 - 3:13pm
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
ASRM
Assisted Hatching
A type of micromanipulation procedure designed to improve implantation, whereby the embryologist makes a chemical opening on the zona pellucida of an embryo to allow the cleaved embryo to exit prior to implantation
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
A set of techniques to help couples achieve pregnancy after other surgical and hormonal methods have failed, encompassing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and intrauterine inseminatino (IUI), in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET), gamete intrafallopian transfer GIFT and zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
Asymptomatic
Without any symptoms
AUA
American Urologic Association
Autoantibodies
Antibodies formed against one's own tissues
Autoimmunity
An immune reaction against one's own tissues
Azoospermia
Condition in which there are no sperm in the seminal fluid. This may be due to blockage of transport of sperm or to an impairment of sperm production.
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