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| TO REMOVE OR DESTROY TISSUE. |
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| A COLLECTIVE TERM FOR THE OVARIES, FALLOPIAN TUBES, AND THEIR CONNECTIVE AND VASCULAR ATTACHMENTS. |
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| A PERITONEAL FOLD BETWEEN THE BLADDER AND THE UTERUS. |
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| MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE CERVIX. |
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| A HERNIATION OF THE BLADDER INTO THE VAGINAL WALL. |
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| A MASS ARISING FROM THE GERM LAYERS OF THE EMBYO THAT CONTAINS TISSUE REMNANTS, INCLUDING HAIR AND TEETH. |
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| OPENING OF THE CERVIX DURING LABOR (MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS). |
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| FLUIDS THAT CONTAIN ELECTROLYTES AND THEREFORE CAN TRANSMIT AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT. |
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| A TERM MEANING "IN ONE PIECE." IN SURGERY, IT DESCRIBES THE TECHNIQUE OF REMOVING TISSUE. |
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| THE GROWTH OF ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE OUTSIDE THE UTERINE CAVITY. |
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| A PERINEAL INCISION MADE DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOR TO PREVENT THE TEARING OF TISSUE. |
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| THE ABSORPTION OF THE FLUID INTO THE VASCULAR SYSTEM, LEADING TO INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE AND POSSIBLE DEATH RELATED TO FLUID OVERLOAD. |
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| A FIBROUS, BENIGN TUMOR OF THE UTERUS THAT USUALLY ARISES FROM THE MYOMETRIUM. |
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| AN EXCESSIVE PROLIFERATION OF TISSUE. |
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| THE USE OF A SPECIAL ENDOSCOPE FOR DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INTERVENTIONAL SURGERY OF THE UTERUS. |
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| THE DEMISE OF THE EMBRYO OR FETUS AND EXPULSION OF THE TISSUE. |
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| LOOP ELECTRODE EXCISION PROCEDURE. USED TO REMOVE A CORE OF TISSUE FROM THE CERVICAL CANAL. |
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| EXCESSIVE BLEEDING DURING MENSES. |
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| THE PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION ARE NO LONGER VIABLE BUT ARE RETAINED IN THE UTERUS. |
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| A BLUNT-NOSED INSTRUMENT THAT IS INSERTED THROUGH THE SHEATH OF A RIGID ENDOSCOPE OR HYTEROSCOPE TO PROTECT THE TISSUE AS THE INSTRUMENT IS ADVANCED. |
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| A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN WHICH EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE TAKEN FROM THE ENDOCERVICAL CANAL AND EXAMINED FOR ABNOMALITIES THAT CAN LEAD TO CERVICAL CANCER. |
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| THE CONDITION OF BEING OPEN; AN UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY. |
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| THE ANATOMICAL AREA BETWEEN THE POSTERIOR VESTIBULE AND THE ANUS. |
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| PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; CAUSED BY A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE OR SOME OTHER SOURCE OF INFECTION. |
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| A BULGING OF INTESTINAL TISSUE INTO A WEAKENED POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL. |
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| LITERALLY, "THROUGH THE CERVIX." |
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| WATER AROUND THE FETUS IN THE UTERUS. |
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| TWO MEMBRANES THAT ENCASE THE FETUS, AMNIOTIC FLUID, AND PLACENTA DURING PREGNANCY. |
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| METHOD OF ASSESSING NEONATE ACCORDING TO RESPIRATORY RATE, COLOR, REFLEX RESPONSE, HEART RATE, AND BODY TONE. |
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| THE MATERNAL PELVIS AND SOFT STRUCTURES THROUGH WHICH THE BABY PASSES DURING BIRTH. |
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| PRESENTATION OF THE BABY IN WHICH THE BUTTOCKS OR FEET DELIVER FIRST. |
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| A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A SUTURE LIGATURE IS PLACED AROUND THE CERVIX TO PREVENT SPONTANEOUS ABORTION. |
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| A SEIZURE DURING PREGNANCY, USUALLY AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION. |
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| IMPLANTATION OF THE FERTILIZED OVUM OUTSIDE THE UTERUS. |
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| A TYPE OF ANESTHESIA IN WHICH THE ANESTHETIC IS DELIVERED THROUGH A SMALL TUBE IN THE PATIENT'S BACK TO RELIEVE PAIN IN LABOR. |
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| THE AGE OF THE BABY AS MEASURED IN THE NUMBER OF WEEKS FROM CONCEPTION. |
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| CONTNUOUS BLEEDING FROM A PATHOLOGICAL CAUSE. |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH PREVIOUS CERVICAL INJURY RESULTS IN REPEATED SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS. |
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| THE PROCESS OF REGULAR CONTRACTION OF THE UTERINE MUSCLE THAT RESULTS IN BIRTH. |
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| A NEARLY STERILE FECAL WASTE THAT ACCUMULATES WHILE THE FETUS IS IN THE UTERUS. IT IS PASSED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER BIRTH. |
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| NORMAL SPONTANEOUS VAGINAL DELIVERY (NSVD) |
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| A NORMAL DELIVERY OF THE FETUS, WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION. THE NORMAL BIRTH PROCESS. |
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| A COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY IN WHICH THE UMBILICAL CORD IS WRAPPED AROUND THE FETUS' NECK. THIS MAY LEAD TO OBSTRUCTED BLOOD FLOW TO THE FETUS. |
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| THE ORGAN THAT TRANSFERS SELECTED NUTRIENTS TO THE BABY DURING PREGNANCY. |
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