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A medical test (sometimes called a pap test) done by swabbing the cervix which checks for changes/abnormalities of the cervical cells. It can be used to identify changes to those cells due to HPV or cancer or which could lead to cancer.

In humans, the stage of prenatal development after an embryo, usually from about the eighth-ninth week after fertilization.

A reproductive cell, sometimes also called an egg. Ova (plural) are stored in the ovaries and released into the fallopian tubes during ovulation, and can then be fertilized by sperm cells which can result in pregnancy.

The onset of pregnancy, marked by implantation of the blastocyst into the endometrium (the lining of the uterus).