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gynecology
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study of women
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meconium
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first bowel movement of a newborn. It is greenish black in color and consists of mucus and bile
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infertility
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inability to produce children generally defined as no pregnancy after properly timed intercourse for 1 year
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neonatology
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branch of medicine specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions involving newborns. physician is called neonatologist
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pap smeer
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test for the early detection of cancer and STDs
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mammography
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using X ray to diagnose breast disease, especially breast cancer
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colposcopy
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examination of vagina using an instument called a colposcope
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culdoscopy
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examination of the female pelvic cavity, particularly behind the uterus, by intoducing an endoscope through the wall of the vagina
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prolapsed uterus
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fallen uterus that can cause the vervic to protrude through the vaginal opening, generally caused by weakend muscles from vaginal delivery or as the result of pelvic tumors pressing down
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