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medical terms
set 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amenorrhea | Without a period of menses, as in pregnancy |
| anovulatory | Ovaries not releasing eggs, can be hormonally induced |
| bilateral | Lateral meaning side; both sides |
| bradycardia | Slow heart rate |
| bradyarrhythmia | Slow, irregular heartbeat |
| circumferential | Around the outside |
| dysfunctional | Difficult or painful; dysfunctional uterine bleeding |
| exocervix | Part of the cervix away from the uterus |
| endocervix | Inner part of cervix; within the uterus |
| hyoertension | Excessive or high blood pressure |
| hyperemesis | Excessive vomiting |
| hypotensive | Low or below normal blood pressure |
| infraumbilical | Below or beneath the umbilicus |
| multiloculated | A tumor or cyst having many or multiple locules, small spaces or cavities often filled with fluid |
| oliguria | Scanty, inadequate amount of urine production |
| oligomenorrhea | Scanty menstrual flow |
| paraovarian | Beside an ovary |
| pericardial | Around the heart |
| periutheral | Around the opening of the urethra |
| polydipsia | Excessive thirst (symptom of diabetes) |
| polyuria | Excessive urination (also symptom of diabetes) |
| pseudocyst | A structure resembling a cyst; but not an actual cyst |
| subcostal | Beneath or under the ribs |
| subumbilical | Beneath or under the umbilicus |