Bossypants

Question 0

menarche

Answer 0

The first menstrual period, usually occurring during puberty.

Question 1

homeopathic

Answer 1

A system for treating disease based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive amounts produces symptoms in healthy individuals similar to those of the disease itself.

Question 2

Sojourner Truth

Answer 2

Sojourner Truth
photographed c. 1864
Truth, Sojourner 1797?-1883.
American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.

Question 3

speculum

Answer 3

spec•u•lum (spĕk′yə‑ləm)
n. pl. spec•u•la (-lə) or spec•u•lums
1. A mirror or polished metal plate used as a reflector in optical instruments.
2. An instrument for dilating the opening of a body cavity for medical examination.
3. Zoology
a. A bright, often iridescent patch of color on the wings of certain birds, especially ducks.
b. A transparent spot in the wings of some butterflies or moths.
Middle English, surgical speculum, from Latin, mirror, from specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

Question 4

hilt

Answer 4

The handle of a weapon or tool.
Idiom:
to the hilt
To the limit; completely: played the role to the hilt.
Middle English, from Old English.

Question 5

Pap smear

Answer 5

A test for cancer, especially of the female genital tract, in which a smear of exfoliated cells is specially stained and examined under a microscope for pathological changes. Also called Pap test.
After George Papanicolaou (1883‑1962), Greek-born American pathologist and cytologist.

Question 6

cervix

Answer 6

cer•vix (sûr′vĭks)
n. pl. cer•vix•es or cer•vi•ces (sûr′vĭ-sēz′, sər-vī′sēz)
1. The neck.
2. A neck-shaped anatomical structure, such as the narrow outer end of the uterus.
Latin cervīx, neck; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.