Med Term Ch 9 Flashcards
Amenorrhea
Absence of the menses; with out menstruation
Amniocentesis
Puncture of the amnion, removal of fluids usually for testing
Amnion
Amniotic sac that envelops the fetus
Amniotic Fluid
Pertaining to the fluid sac that envelops the fetus
Climacteric
the syndrome of endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes occurring at menopause in women
Conception
Act of conceiving or becoming pregnant
Dysmenorrhea
Difficult and painful menstruation
Embryo
Developing organism from conception to eight weeks
Endometrium
Mucous membrane forming the inner layer of the uterine wall
Episiotomy
Surgical incision of the vulva (external genetalia) to prevent laceration (jagged wound, tearing) at the time of delivery
Fetus
Unborn baby in uterus from eight weeks until birth
Gestation
Pregnancy
Gynecomastia
Excessive development of the male mammary gland (breast in male)
Gynoplasty
Reparative or plastic surgery of the female genital organs
Hysterocele
An abdominal or perineal (area between vulva and anus) hernia containing part or all of the uterus; protrusion of uterine contents into a weakened, bulging area of the uterine wall.
Hysteromyoma
A myoma (benign tumor of muscle tissue) of the uterus
Hysterorrhexis
Rupture of the uterus
Involution
A decrease in size of an organ, as of the uterus following childbirth
Labor
The physical efforts of expulsion of the fetus and the placenta from the uterus during parturition (process of labor and delivery);
to undergo the efforts of childbirth
Mammalgia
Pain in the breast/mammary gland; mastodynia
Mammopexy
Surgical fixation of a breast to its normal position
Mammary
Pertaining to the breast or mammary gland
Mastodynia
Pain in the breast/mammary gland
Mastoncus
A tumor or swelling of the breast/mammary gland
Mastopathy
Any disease of the mammary gland
Mastoptosis
Pendulous condition of the breasts; sagging breasts/mammary glands
Menometrorrhagia
Excessive and prolonged uterine bleeding occurring at irregular, frequent intervals
Menopause
Cessation of menstruation
Menorrhalgia
Painful menstruation/dysmenorrhea
Menses
Periodic physiologic hemorrhage that occurs at four week intervals
Menstruation
A cyclic shedding of the endometrial lining
Metratrophy
Wasting away of the uterus
Metrorrhagia
Uterine hemorrhage
Multipara
A woman who has given birth at least twice
Myometritis
Inflammation of the muscular wall of the uterus
Neonatal
Pertaining to the recent period around childbirth
Nullipara
A woman who has never given birth to a viable child
Oligohydramnios
Scanty amniotic fluid
Ovum
Female egg cell
Parturition
The process of labor and delivery
Perineum
Area between vulva and anus
Peritoneum
Serous membrane coating the viscera (guts) and lining the abdominal cavity
Placenta
The membranous vascular organ that permits metabolic interchange between fetus and mother
Polyhydramnios
Excessive amount of amniotic fluid
Postpartum
The period after birth
Primigravida
A woman in her first pregnancy
Pudenda
External female genitalia; vulva
Puerperium
The state of a woman during childbirth or immediately thereafter; approximate six-week period lasting from childbirth to the return of normal uterine size
Puerperal Sepsis
An infection acquired during childbirth or the six week period after birth when the uterus returns to normal size (sepsis-the presence in the blood or other tissues of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins0
Spermatazoan
The mature male gamete or sex cell
