REPRODUCTIVE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 AMENORRHEA | the absence of menstrual bleeding. |
| CANDIDIASIS | yeast infection; caused by fungus called candida albicans. |
| CARCINOMA IN SITU | cancer that has stayed in the place where it began and has not spread to neighboring tissues. |
| CHANCRE | painless erosion or papule that ulcerates superfically with a scooped out appearance. |
| CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS | intracellular bacterium, causes many sexually transmitted diseases. |
| CIRCUMCISION | removal of the foreskin of the penis. |
| CLIMACTERIC | a period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause. |
| COLPORRHAPHY | repair of a rupture of the vagina by suturing the edges. |
| COLPOSCOPY | procedure that allows the physician to look at the cervix and vagina closer. |
| CRYPTORCHIDISM | failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. |
| CULDOSCOPY | visual examination of the female viscera(rectovaginal pouch) |
| CURETTAGE | removal of tissue or growths from the interior of a body cavity. |
| DYSMENORRHEA | painful menstruation; abnormal uterine bleeding. |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS | condition in which endometrial tissue appears outside the uterus. |
| EPIDIDYMITIS | inflammation or infection of the epidiymis. |
| FISTULA | abnormal opening between two organs. |
| INTROITUS | an entrance to a cavity. |
| LAPAROSCOPY | examination of the abdominal cavity with a laparoscope through a small incision made beneath the umbilicus; provides direct visualization of the uterus and adnexa. |
| MAMMOGRAPHY | study of the breast using x-ray. |
| MENORRHAGIA | excessive bleeding in amount and duration. |
| METRORRHAGIA | bleeding between menstrual periods. |
| PANHYSTEROSALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY | removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and the ovaries. |
| PAPANICOLAOU TEST | pap test; used to detect cancer of the uterus or cervix. |
| PHIMOSIS | tightening of the foreskin of the penis. |
| PROCIDENTIA | the entire uterus protrudes through the introitus. |
| SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING | identifies the first lymph node most likely to drain the cancerous cells. |
| TRICHOMONIASIS | sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan T. vaginalis. |
| SPINNBARKEIT | stringy, elastic character of cervical mucus during the ovulatory period. |
| LINEA TERMINALIS | a hypothetic line dividing the upper, or false, pelvis from the lower, or true, pelvis. |
| PROLACTIN | pituitary hormone that stimulates and maintains the secretions of milk. |
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