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60 Cards in this Set
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CERVICTIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX
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COLPORRHAPHY
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SUTURING OF THE VAGINA
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EPISIOTOMY
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INCISION OF THE PERINEUM
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VULVECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE VULVA
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GALACTORREHA
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FLOW OR DISCHARGE OF MILK
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LACTOGENIC
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PERTAINING TO THE PRODUCTION OF MILK
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GYNECOLOGIST
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ONE WHO STUDIES THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
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HYSTERECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS
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INTRAUTERINE
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WITHIN THE UTERUS
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LABIAL
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PERTAINING TO THE LIP
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MAMMARY
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PERTAINING TO THE BREAST
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GYNECOMASTIA
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CONDITION OF (FEMALE) BREASTS
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MENORRHAGIA
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EXCESSIVE MENSTRUATION
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NATAL
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PERTAINING TO BIRTH
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OOCYTE
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EGG CELL (OVUM)
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OOPHORITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF AN OVARY
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PERINEAL
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PERTAINING TO THE PERINEUM
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SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES AND OVARIES
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MENARCHE
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BEGINNING OF MENSTRUATION
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PSEUDOCYESIS
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FALSE PREGNANCY
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MULTIGRAVIDA
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MANY PREGNANCIES
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NULLIPARA
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TO BEAR NONE
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HEMOSALPINX
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BLOOD IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES
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DYSTOCIA
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DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL CHILDBIRTH
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DYSPAREUNIA
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DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL INTERCOURSE
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ENDOCERVICITIS
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INFLAMMATION WITHIN THE UTERUS
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FIBROIDS
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BENIGN UTERINE TUMORS
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PUBERTY
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PERIOD DURING WHICH THE SECONDARY DEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOP AND THE CAPABILITY OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION BECOMES POSSIBLE
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VAGINISMUS
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PAINFUL SPASM OF THE VAGINA
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ABORTION
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DELIBERATE TEMINATION OF PREGNANCY
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AMINION
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INNERMOST MEMBRANE ENCLOSING THE DEVELOPING FETURS AND THE FLUID IN WHICH THE FETUS IS BATHED
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ECLAMPSIA
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TOXEMIA
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GRAVIDA
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A PREGNANT WOMAN
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MISCARRIAGE
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NATURAL SPONTANEOUS TERMINATION OF PREGANCY
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ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
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PREGANCY IN WHICH A FERTILIZED OVUM DOES NOT REACH THE UTERINE CAVITY;MOST OFTEN OCCURS IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES
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OBSTETRICIAN
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PHYSICAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY
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PATURITION
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ACT OR PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH
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PELVIMETRY
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MEASUREMENT OF THE PELVIS
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PRIMIGRAVIDA
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WOMEN DURING HER FIRST PREGNANCY
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PRIMIPARA
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WOMAN WHO HAS PRODUCED ONE LIVING CHILD
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PYOSALPIX
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PUS IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE
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HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY
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PROCESS OF X-RAYING THE UTERUS AND THE FALLOPIAN TUBES
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CULDOSCOPY
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PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES WITH A CULDOSCOPE
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COLPOSCOPY
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PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE VAGINA AND THE CERVIX WITH A COLPOSCOPE
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LAPAROSCOPY
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PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY WITH A LAPAROSCOPE
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LAPAROHYSTERECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS THROUGH THE ABDOMEN
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CRYOSURGERY
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FREEZING TISSUE TO DESTROY CELLS
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COLPECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE VAGINA
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VAGINECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE VAGINA
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COLPOCLEISIS
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SURGICAL CLOSURE OF THE VAGINAL CANAL
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COLPOPERINEORRHAPHY
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SUTURING OF THE VAGINA AND PERINEUM
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COLPOPERINECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE VAGINA AND THE PERINEUM
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DILATATION AND CURETTAGE
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A WIDENING (DILATION) OF THE CERVICAL CANAL USING VARYING SIZES OF DILATORS, AND THE SCRAPING (CURETTAGE OF THE UTERINE LINING WITH A CURETTE
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EPISIORRHAPHY
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SUTURING OF THE PERINEUM
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HYMENOTOMY
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INCISION INTO THE HYMEN
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TUBAL LIGATION
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE FALLOPIAN TUBES ARE TIED TO PREVENT PREGNANCY
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TUBAL STERILIZATION
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE FALLOPIAN TUBES ARE CAUTERIZED OR HAVE CLIPS USED TO DESTROY PARTS OF
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AMINOCENTESIS
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PUNCTURE OF THE AMNIOTIC SAC IN ORDER TO REMOVE AMNIOTIC FLAUID FOR TESTING
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PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR
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SMEAR OF CERVICAL AND VAGINAL CELLS WHICH ARE EXAMINED MICROSCOPICALLY TO DETECT CANCER CELLS IN THE CERVIX
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ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY
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TEST USING A THIN, HOLLOW CURETTE TO REMOVE ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE FOR ANALYSIS
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