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medical terms
set 5
Term | Definition |
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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 |