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21 Cards in this Set
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LMP
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First day of last monthly period (menstruation)
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Gravida
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A pregnant woman - often used in combination with a number or figure to indicate the number of pregnancies a woman has had.
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Para
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A woman delivered of a specified number of children (live births) - used in combination with a term or figure to indicate the number.
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Pap smear
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A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes that may lead to cancer.
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Mammogram
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An x-ray picture of the breast.
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Prosthesis
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Device, such as an artificial leg, that replaces a part of the body.
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Palpitations
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A rapid or irregular heartbeat that a person can feel.
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Dyspnea
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Difficult, painful breathing or shortness of breath.
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Edema
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Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.
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Varicose veins
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A condition in which a vein, most often in the legs, becomes permanently enlarged, twisted, and painful.
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Paresthesia
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A sensation of prickling, tingling, or creeping on the skin having no objective cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root.
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Jaundice
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A condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal. Occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked.
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Nocturia
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Urination at night especially when excessive.
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Flank pain
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Pain located in the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip.
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Dysmenorrhea
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Painful menstruation.
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Menorrhagia
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Abnormally profuse menstrual flow.
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Amennorhea
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Abnormal absence of or suppression of menstruation.
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Impotence
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An abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized by inability to engage in sexual intercourse because of failure to have or maintain an erection - also called erectile dysfunction.
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Seizure
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A sudden attack (as of disease); especially: the physical manifestations (as convulsions, sensory disturbances, or loss of consciousness) resulting from abnormal electrical discharges in the brain (as in epilepsy).
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Tremor
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A trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease.
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Spasm
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An involuntary and abnormal contraction of muscles or muscle fibers.
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