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Ch8 Abbreviations 4
The Language of Medicine-8th Editon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |