ch8 Flashcards
obstitrician
medical doctor who treats women during pregnancy, delivers babies, and followes postpartum
gynecologist
medical doctor to treat disorders of the female reproductive system
midwives
healthcare professionals who help women through labor and delivery
doulas
help women through labor and delivery or assist mother after both
endometritis
inflammation of the endometrium
endometriosis
condition where tissues of the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus) is found ectopically
hysteroptosis
sliding or falling of the uterus from location in body
retroflexion of uretus
condition where the uretus is bent backwards, forming a angle with the cervix
cervicitis
inflammation of cervix
leukorrhea
whitish discharge, usually cuz of cervicitis
vaginal prolaspe/Colpoptosis
downwarddisplacementoftgevagina
vaginitis
inflammation of the vagina
vulvitis
inflammation of the vulva
vulvodynia
nonspecefic complains of pain in the vulva
vulvovaginitis
inflammation of the vulva and vagina