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Medical Language 23
Medical Language2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antelexion | forward position the normal uterus should be situated |
| cautery (cauterization) | burning tissue to destroy cells |
| a + P | repair anterior and posterior colporrahhy (vagina) |
| TAH/BSO | total abdominal hysterectomy/bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| TAH/BHO | surgical removal of the uterus, both ovaries, and both oviducts |
| cryosurgery | freezing tissue to destroy cells |
| Ca | Cancer or calcium |
| Cx | cervix or culture (grow) |
| bartholins adenitis | Inflammation of the bartholins glands. They are bialateral glands that produce mucus lubrication for coitus |
| matoptosis | prolaspe (drooping or sagging) of a breat |
| menarche (menarcheal) | the beginning of the first menstruation cycle |
| oligomenorrhea | scanty menstrual flow |
| vulvovaginal | pertaining to the vulva and vagina |
| vesicovaginal fistula | abnormal passageway between the urninary bladder and the vagina |
| menopause | cessation (stop) of menstruation due to hormone (estrogen) insufficiency |
| Pap test | a cervical cytology test |
| speculum | an instrument for opeing a body cavity to allow visual examination |
| culdoscope | usually lighted instrument used to view Douglas cul-de-sac |
| Douglas cul-de-sac | the area located between the posterior wall of the uterus and the rectum aks the rectouterine pouch |
| culdoscopy | process of viewing the Douglas cul-de-sac |
| aspriation means | the creation of a suction to withdraw fluid |
| hysteroscopy | process of viewing the uterus |
| colpalgia | a condition of vaginal pain |
| gynecologist | specialist in the study of the female reproductive system |
| gynopathic | pertaining to disease of the female reproduction system |
| leukorrhea | white discharge from the vagina |
| mastalgia | a condition of breat pain |
| dilatation (dilation) + curettage (D&C) | scraping of the endometrium |
| laparscopy | process of using an usually lighted instrument to view the abdomen or pelvic |
| myomectomy | surgical removal of a myoma from the uterus |
| hysterosalpingogram (HSG) | a record of the uterus and fallopian tubes |
| sonohysterography | process of recording the uterus by use of sound waves |
| colposcope | usually lighted instrument to view the vagina |
| atresia | means closure |
| hematosalphinx | blood in a fallopian tube |
| hydrosalpinx | fluid in the an oviduct |
| hysteratresia | closure of the uterine cavity |
| mastitis | inflamation of a breast |
| mymotritis | inflammation of the muscle layer of the uterus |
| perimetritis | inflammation of the oter layer of the uterus |
| pyosalpinx | pus in a uterian tube |
| vulvovaginitis | flammation of the vula and vagina |
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