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Adnexa |
Appendages of an organ. |
Example: eyelids to eyeballs |
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Amni/o |
Amnion, sac around fetus |
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Amygdaloid |
Part of the amygdala: almond shaped mass of grey matter |
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Ante- |
Forward, before |
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Arche |
In the beginning of something |
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Braxton Hicks Contractions |
Painless contractions of the uterus that occurs during pregnancy. Has no pattern. |
"Practice" contractions |
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Breech |
Fetus is "butt first". Butt towards cervix. |
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Cervic/o |
Neck, cervix |
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Cesarean section |
Surgical incision made through the abdominal wall to deliver a fetus. |
C-section |
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Colp/o |
Vagina |
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Culd/o |
Cul-de-sac, a pouch or cavity that is closed at one end. |
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Currettage |
Instrument, shaped like a spoon, used for scraping material or tissue from a body cavity |
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-cyesis |
Pregnancy |
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DUB (Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding) |
Abnormal uterine bleeding not associated with a physical lesion, inflammation, or pregnancy |
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Dys- |
Painful, abnormal |
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Dystocia |
Difficult childbirth |
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Ectopic |
Fertilized egg implants outside of the uterus |
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Endo- |
Within |
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Episiotomy |
Incision made in the perineum during childbirth |
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Exenteration |
To remove the contents of something (pelvis) |
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Fimbria |
Finger like projections at the end of each fallopian tube |
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Fistula |
An abnormal passage from an abscess or hollow organs to the body surface |
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Footling breech |
When one or both of the baby's feet are born first |
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Frank Breech |
Babys bottom is down and feet are up near the head |
Most common |
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Galact/o |
Milk |
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-gravida |
Pregnant |
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Gynec/o |
Woman, female |
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Hyster/o |
Uterus |
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Labia |
Folds at the margin of the vulva |
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Lact/o |
Milk |
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LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure) |
Wire loop heated by electric current to remove cells and tissues in cervix and vagina |
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Ligament |
Tough fibrous band of tissue connecting bones to muscles or keeping organs in place |
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Marsupialization |
Making an incision into an abscess or cyst and suturing the edges so it can drain freely |
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Men/o |
Menstruation |
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Metr/o |
Uterus |
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Metri/o |
Uterus |
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Multi- |
Many, much |
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Myoma |
Tumor consisting of muscle tissue |
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Nat/o |
Birth |
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Occiput anterior (OA) |
When baby is head down and the body is facing toward the mother's back |
Best position for baby to be in to pass through the birth canal |
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Oophor/o |
Ovary |
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Ovari/o |
Ovary |
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-para |
To bear offspring |
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Parity |
Number of viable offspring a female has given birth to |
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Perine/o |
Perineum |
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Perineum |
Area between the anus and vulva. |
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Peritoneum |
Membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and covering abdominal organs. |
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Pfannenstiel |
Long, horizontal abdominal incision made below the line of the pubic hair and above the mons veneris. |
Pubic incision, bikini cut |
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Post- |
After, behind, back |
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Primi- |
First |
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Prolapse |
Falling or slipping of a body part from it's usually position. |
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Salping/o |
Fallopian tube |
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-salpinx |
Fallopian tube |
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-tocia |
Condition of birth, labor |
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Total Pelvic Exenteration |
Surgery that removes organs from urinary, gastrointestinal, and Gynecologic systems. |
Usually caused my metastasized cancer |
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Uter/o |
Uterus |
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Vagina/o |
Vagina |
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-version |
To turn |
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Vestibule |
Body cavity |
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