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Ch8 Abbreviations 4
The Language of Medicine-8th Editon
Question | Answer |
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pap smear | papanicolaou smear |
Path | pathology |
PID | pelvic inflammatory disease |
PMS | premenstrual syndrome |
primip | primipara; primiparous |
RDS | respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn |
SLN biopsy or SNB | sentinel lymph node biopsy |
TAH-BSO | total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
TRAM flap | trans-rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap |
TVH | total vaginal hysterectomy |
UAE | uterine artery embolization |
total hysterectomy | removal of the uterus and part of the vagina |
bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy | removal of the fallopian tube, and ovary |
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy | removal of the uterus, fallopian tube, and ovary |
subtotal hysterectomy | removal of the uterus |