It can prevent changes in the uterus in women taking estrogen after menopause. It can also treat menstrual periods that have stopped before menopause.

steroid hormones which promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body.

discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary.

the action of implanting or state of being implanted.

the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.

the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus.

the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.

a steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception.

the duct which conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra.

the male reproductive fluid, containing spermatozoa in suspension.

(in a female mammal) either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.

a system of ductules that emerges posteriorly from the testis, holds sperm during maturation

a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.

the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy.

cell division, especially of a fertilized egg cell.

the action or process of differentiating.

he process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.

an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).

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Term	Definition
Progesterone	It can prevent changes in the uterus in women taking estrogen after menopause. It can also treat menstrual periods that have stopped before menopause.
Estrogen	steroid hormones which promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body.
Ovulation	discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary.
Implantation	the action of implanting or state of being implanted.
Uterus	the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.
Cervix	the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus.
Vagina	the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.
Testosterone	a steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
Fetus	an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception.
Vas deferens	the duct which conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra.
Semen	the male reproductive fluid, containing spermatozoa in suspension.
Fallopian tube	(in a female mammal) either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.
Epidydimis	a system of ductules that emerges posteriorly from the testis, holds sperm during maturation
placenta	a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
menopause	the ceasing of menstruation.
Menstruation	the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy.
cleavage	cell division, especially of a fertilized egg cell.
Differentiation	the action or process of differentiating.
Gestation	he process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.
Embryo	an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).

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