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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amenorrhea | abnormal absence of monthly flow |
| dysmenorrhea | difficult or painful mentruation |
| menopause | cessation of female reproductive cycles |
| endometriosis | abnormal growth of tissue |
| episiotomy | incision into perineum to prevent tearing during childbrith |
| hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
| hysterosalpingectomy | surgical removal of the uterus and fallopian tubes |
| oophorectomy | removal of the ovaries |
| oligospermia | low sperm count |
| mittelshmerz | abdominal pain during ovulation |
| prostatitis | inflammation of the prostate gland |
| testes | primary reproductive organ in the male which produces sperm |
| orchidectomy | surgical removal of one or both testes |
| phimosis | condition of penis in which the foreskin cannot be drawn back to uncover the glans penis |
| prepuce | loose fold of forskin at the tip of the penis |
| cryptorchidism | undescended testes |
| spermiogenesis | formation of mature sperm |
| epidiymis | where sperm is stored and matured |
| impotence | inabilitly to achieve an erection |
| circumcision | surgical removal of the prepuce forskin |
| oocyte | immature female sex cell |
| tubal ligation | surgical procedure in which fallopian tubes are cut tp prevent pregancy |
| vasectomy | surgial procedure in which vas deferens is cut to prevent sperm from entering semen |
| ectopic pregnancy | when a fertilized egg implants in a place other then the uterurs, most often the fallopian tube (tubal pregnancy) |
| pudendum | vulva |
| menarche | first menstrual period |
| areola | circular pigmented are of the breast |
| fibrocystic breast disease | commom benign condition in which smaal sacs of tissue and fluid form in the breast |
| chancre | open red sore |
| pelvic inflammatory disease | disease of the uterus fallopian tubes and pelvis |
| syphilis | a std that can cause damage to the central nervous system if left untreated |
| gonorrhea | the most prevalent std in the us |
| gynecomastia | enlarged breasts in men due to over production of the female hormones |
| dystocia | difficult and painful childbirth |
| eutocia | complication free and normal childbirth |
| stillbirth | delivery of a lifeless infant after 25th week of pregnacy |
| cesarean section | removal of a fetus through the abdomen |
| multipara | a women who has born more then one child |
| nullipara | a woman who has born no offspring |
| quickening | first movement of the fetus in the uterus |