Terminology Of Reproductive System

Question 1

Amenorrhoea

Answer 1

Absence of menstruation

Question 2

Caesarean section

Answer 2

Abdominal incision to deliver a baby

Question 3

Dysmenorrhoea

Answer 3

Painful menstruation

Question 4

Dyspareunia

Answer 4

Painful intercourse experienced by women

Question 5

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 5

When a fertilised ovum grows outside the uterus

Question 6

Endometriosis

Answer 6

When the lining of the womb is found in other sites

Question 7

Epididymitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of the tube where sperm stored

Question 8

Episiotomy

Answer 8

Cutting the perineum to assist childbirth

Question 9

Fibroids

Answer 9

Benign tumours of the uterus

Question 10

Gravida

Answer 10

Pregnant or pregnancy

Question 11

Gynaecomastia

Answer 11

Enlargement of the male breasts

Question 12

Leukorrhea

Answer 12

White discharge from the vagina

Question 13

Menorrhagia

Answer 13

Heavy menstrual bleeding

Question 14

Metrorrhagia

Answer 14

Heavy bleeding from the womb

Question 15

Neonatal

Answer 15

Newborn

Question 16

Orchidopexy

Answer 16

Surgical fixation of an undescended testicle

Question 17

Parturition

Answer 17

Giving birth

Question 18

Perinatal

Answer 18

Around the time of birth

Question 19

Phimosis

Answer 19

Narrowing of the opening of the foreskin

Question 20

Pre-eclampsia

Answer 20

Pregnancy induced hypertension

Question 21

Prostate

Answer 21

Male sex gland that opens into the urethra just below the bladder

Question 22

Puerperal

Answer 22

Pertaining to childbirth

Question 23

Puerperium

Answer 23

First six weeks after childbirth

Question 24

Vasectomy

Answer 24

Surgical removal of part of each sperm duct