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Gynecological-key words
Ass. clinical Sciences
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Professional
07/23/2013

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No menstruation: primary or secondary
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Amenorrhea
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Menstruating with no external evidence
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Cryptomenorrhea
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Painful periods
Definition
Dysmenorrhea
Term
Painful sexual intercourse
Definition
Dyspareunia
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Pregnant
Definition
Gravid
Term
Number of times a woman has been pregnant
Definition
Gravidity
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Age at which menstruation first occurred [11-14 years in the USA]
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Menarche
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Time at which menstruation no longer occurs
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Menopause
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Heavy menstrual bleeding
Definition
Menorrhagia
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Intermenstrual [in between the periods] bleeding
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Metrorrhagia
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German word-middle pain; midcycle or ovulation pain
Definition
Mittelsmerchz
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Has delivered more than two babies
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Multiparous
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Never having borne a child
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Nulliparous
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Infrequent menstrual cycles
Definition
Oligomenorrhea
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Specialized staining of cervical cells obtained with a wooden spatula
Definition
Pap smear
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Number of times a woman has had a child delivered
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Parity
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Delivered at least one fetus >24 weeks gestation
Definition
Parous
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Frequent menstrual cycles
Definition
Polymenorrhea
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Bleeding after sex; often associated with cervical cancer
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Postcoital bleeding
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Stage after the cessation of menstruation
Definition
Postmenopausal
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1st pregnancy with the first viable infant
Definition
Primipara
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