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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM

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AMNI/O   AMNION  
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CERVIC/O   CERVIX UTERI  
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COLP/O   VAGINA  
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VAGIN/O   VAGINA  
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GALACT/O   MILK  
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LACT/O   MILK  
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GYNEC/O   WOMAN,FEMALE  
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HYSTER/O   UTERUS  
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METRI/O   UTERUS  
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UTER/O   UTERUS  
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MAMM/O   BREAST  
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MAST/O   BREAST  
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MEN/O   MENSES,MENSTRUATION  
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METR/O   UTERUS;MEASURE  
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NAT/O   BIRTH  
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OOPHOR/O   OVARY  
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OVARI/O   OVARY  
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PERINE/O   PERINEUM  
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SALPING/O   TUBE  
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-ARCHE   BEGINNING  
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-CYESIS   PREGNANCY  
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-GRAVIDA   PREGNANT WOMAN  
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-PARA   TO BEAR  
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-SALPINX   TUBE  
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-TOCIA   CHILDBIRTH,LABOR  
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-VERSION   TURNING  
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ANTE-   BEFORE,IN FRONT OF  
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DYS-   BAD,PAINFUL,DIFFICULT  
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ENDO-   IN,WITHIN  
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MULTI-   MANY,MUCH  
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POST-   AFTER  
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PRIMI-   FIRST  
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS LINING OF THE CERVIX UTERI.   ENDOCERVICITIS  
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BENIGN UTERINE TUMORS COMPOSED OF MUSCLE AND FIBROUS TISSUE.   FIBRIODS  
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INABILITY OR DIMINISHED ABILITY TO PRODUCE OFFSPRING.   INFERTILITY  
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BEGINNING OF MENSTRUAL FUNCTION.   MENARCHE  
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SCANTY OR INFREQUENT MENSTRUAL FLOW.   OLIGOMENORRHEA  
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REGION BETWEEN THE VULVA AND ANUS THAT CONSTITUES THE PELVIC FLOOR.   PERINEUM  
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PERIOD DURING WHICH SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS BEGIN TO DEVELOP.   PUBERTY  
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TURNING OR STATE OF BEING TURNED BACK,ESPECIALLY AN ENTIRE ORGAN.   RETROVERSION  
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INABILITY OF THE FEMALE TO BECOME PREGNANT.   STERILITY  
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CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING LIFE.   VIABLE  
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TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY BEFORE THE EMBRYO OR FETUS IS CAPABLE OF SURVIVING OUTSIDE THE UTERUS.   ABORTION  
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UTERINE ENDOMETRIUM SLOUGHS OFF BECAUSE OF HORMONAL STIMULATION.   MENSTRUAL DAYS 1 TO 5  
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WHEN MENSTRUATION CEASES,THE ENDOMETRIUM BEGINS TO THICKEN AS NEW TISSUE IS REBUILT.   OVULATORY DAYS 6 TO 14  
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THE EMPTY GRAAFIAN FOLICLE FILLS WITH A YELLOW MATERIAL AND IS NOW CALLED THE CORPUS LUTEUM.   POST OVULATORY DAYS 15 TO 28  
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PREMATURE SEPARATION OF A NORMALLY SITUATED PLACENTA.   ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE  
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MEMBRANE,CONTINUOUS WITH AND COVERING THE FETAL SIDE OF THE PLACENTA.   AMNION  
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COMMON ABNORMALITY OF DELIVERY IN WHICH THE FETAL BUTTOCKS OR FEET PRESENT FIRST.   BREECH PRESENTATION  
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CONGENITAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY PHYSICAL MALFORMATION AND SOME MENTAL RETARDATION.   DOWN SYNDROME, TRISOMY 21  
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DIFFICULT LABOR.`   DYSTOCIA  
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MOST SERIOUS FORM OF TOXEMIA DURING PREGNANCY.   ECLAMPSIA  
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PREGNANCY IN WHICH THE FERTILIZED OVUM DOES NOT REACH THE UTERINE CAVITY.   ECTOPIC PREGNANCY  
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PREGNANT WOMAN.   GRAVIDA  
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WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN PREGNANT MORE THAN ONCE.   MULTIGRAVIDA  
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WOMAN WHO HAS DELIVERED MORE THAN ONE VIABLE INFANT.   MULTIPARA  
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WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO ONE OR MORE VIABLE INFANTS.   PARA  
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PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH.   PARTURITION  
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CONDITION IN WHICH THE PLACENTA IS ATTACHED NEAR THE CERVIX AND RUPTURES PREMATURELY.   PLACENTA PREVIA  
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WOMAN PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME.   PRIMIGRAVIDA  
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WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO ONE VIABLE INFANT, HER FIRST CHILD.   PRIMIPARA  
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PERIOD OF 42 DAYS AFTER CHILDBIRTH AN EXPULSION OF THE PLACENTA.   PUERPERIUM.  
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TRANSABDOMINAL PUNCTURE OF THE AMNIOTIC SAC UNDER ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE.   AMNIOCENTESIS  
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DELIVERY OF PRESSURIZED AIR OR GAS INTO A CAVITY TO ALLOW VISUAL EXAMINATION.   INSUFFLATION  
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TEST FOR PATENCY OF THE UTERINE TUBES MADE BY TRANSUTERINE INSUFFLATION WITH CARBON DIOXIDE.   TUBAL INSUFFLATION  
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VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE VAGINA AND CERVIX WITH AN OPTICAL MAGNIFYING INSTRUMENT.   COLPOSCOPY  
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SAMPLING OF PLACENTAL TISSUES FOR PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF POTENTIAL GENETIC DEFECTS.   CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING (CVS)  
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CYTOLOGICAL STUDY USED TO DETECT ABNORMAL CELLS SLOUGHED FROM THE CERVIX AND VAGINA.   PAPANICOLAOU (PAP)TEST  
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RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE BREAST TO SCREEN FOR BREAST CANCER.   MAMMOGRAPHY  
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RADIOGRAPHY OF THE UTERUS AND UTERINE TUBES FOLLOWING CONTRAST MEDIUM.   HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY  
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SUTURING THE CERVIX TO PREVENT IT FROM DILATING PREMATURELY DURING PREGNANCY.   CERCLAGE  
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INCISION OF THE ABDOMEN AND UTERUS TO REMOVE THE FETUS.   CESAREAN BIRTH  
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SURGICAL CLOSURE OF THE VAGINAL CANAL.   COLPOCLESIS  
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EXCISION OF A CONE SHAPED PIECE OF TISSUE.   CONIZATION  
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SAMPLING OF FETAL BLOOD DRAWN FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN.   CORDOCENTESIS  
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WIDENING OF THE CERVICAL CANAL WITH A DILATOR AND SCRAPING OF THE UTERINE ENDOMETRIUM.   DIALATION AND CURETTAGE (D&C)  
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INCISION OF THE PERINEUM FROM THE VAGINAL ORIFICE.   EPISIOTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE UTERUS   HYSTERECTOMY  
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HYSTERECTOMY WHERE THE CERVIX,OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES REMAIN.   SUBTOTAL HYSTERECTOMY  
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HYSTERECTOMY WHERE THE CERVIX IS REMOVED BUT THE OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES REMAIN.   TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY  
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TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY INCLUDING UTERUS,CERVIX, FALLOPIAN TUBES, AND OVARIES.   TOTAL PLUS BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY  
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TREATS VAGINAL YEAST INFECTIONS.   ANTIFUNGALS  
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TREAT SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE   ESTROGENS  
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PREVENT OVULATION.   ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES  
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INDUCE LABOR AT TERM BY INCREASING THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF UTERINE CONTRACTIONS.   OXYTOCICS  
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CHEMICALLY DESTROY SPERM BY CREATING A HIGHLY ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE UTERUS.   SPERMICIDES  
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EXCISION OF A SMALL PRIMARY BREAST TUMOR.   LUMPECTOMY  
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BREAST ENLARGEMENT TO INCREASE BREAST SIZE.   AUGMENTATION  
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BREAST REDUCTION TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A LARGE, PENDULOUS BREAST.   REDUCTION  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST.   MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, NIPPLE, AREOLA, AND THE INVOLVED OVERLYING SKIN.   TOTAL MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, INCLUDING THE LYMPH NODES IN THE UNDERARM.   MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, ALL LYMPH NODES AND CHEST WALL MUSCLES UNDER THE BREAST.   RADICAL MASTECTOMY  
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TREATS VAGINAL YEAST INFECTIONS.   ANTIFUNGALS  
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TREAT SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE   ESTROGENS  
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PREVENT OVULATION.   ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES  
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INDUCE LABOR AT TERM BY INCREASING THE STRENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF UTERINE CONTRACTIONS.   OXYTOCICS  
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CHEMICALLY DESTROY SPERM BY CREATING A HIGHLY ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE UTERUS.   SPERMICIDES  
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EXCISION OF A SMALL PRIMARY BREAST TUMOR.   LUMPECTOMY  
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BREAST ENLARGEMENT TO INCREASE BREAST SIZE.   AUGMENTATION  
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BREAST REDUCTION TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A LARGE, PENDULOUS BREAST.   REDUCTION  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST.   MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, NIPPLE, AREOLA, AND THE INVOLVED OVERLYING SKIN.   TOTAL MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, INCLUDING THE LYMPH NODES IN THE UNDERARM.   MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY  
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EXCISION OF THE ENTIRE BREAST, ALL LYMPH NODES AND CHEST WALL MUSCLES UNDER THE BREAST.   RADICAL MASTECTOMY  
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SURGICAL CREATION OF A SKIN FLAP USING SKIN AND FAT FROM THE LOWER HALF OF THE ABDOMEN.   TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE FLAP (TRAM)  
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EXCISION OF AN OVARY AND FALLOPIAN TUBE.   SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY  
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PROCEDURE THAT TIES THE FALLOPIAN TUBES TO PREVENT PREGNANCY.   TUBAL LIGATION  
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AB,Ab,ab   ABORTION  
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AI   ARIFICIAL INSEMINATION  
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BSE   BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION  
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CA   CANCER  
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D&C   DILATATION AND CURETTAGE  
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DUB   DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING  
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GYN   GYNECOLOGY  
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HRT   HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY  
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HSG   HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY  
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HSV   HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS  
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IUD   INTRAUTERINE DEVICE  
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CPD   CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION  
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CS, C-SECTION   CESAREAN SECTION  
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LMP   LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD  
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OCPs   ORAL CONTACEPTIVE PILLS  
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Pap   PAPANICOLAOU  
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PMS   PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME  
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STD   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE  
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TAH   TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY  
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TRAM   TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE  
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TVH   TOTAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY  
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VD   VAGINAL DISEASE  
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CVS   CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING  
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CWP   CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT PAIN  
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FEKG   FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM  
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FHR   FETAL HEART RATE  
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FHT   FETAL HEART TONE  
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FTND   FULL-TERM NATURAL DELIVERY  
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IUGR   INTRAUTERINE GROWHT RATE  
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LBW   LOW BIRTH WEIGHT  
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NB   NEWBORN  
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OB   OBSTETRICS  
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PARA 1,2,3 AND SO ON   UNIPARA,BIPARA,TRIPARA (NUMBER OF VIABLE BIRTHS)  
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UC   UTERINE CONTRACTIONS  
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