Also called point of demarcation (POD), demarc extension, or demarc, it is the physical point at which the public network of a telecommunications company (i.e., a phone or cable company) ends and the private network of a customer begins-this is usually where the cable physically enters a building.
LEEP is an acronym for loop electrosurgical excision procedure. A LEEP uses an electrically charged wire loop to remove abnormal cervical tissue. It is done under local anesthesia and normally on an outpatient basis in hospitals or in a doctor's office. During a LEEP: the doctor inserts a speculum into the vagina.
Both conization and LEEP remove abnormal tissue and provide biopsy samples suitable to determine if cancer or dysplasia cells are present. Conization is an inpatient procedure done in a hospital or surgery center (with no overnight stay) and LEEP is an outpatient procedure done in a clinic.