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| congenital lack of a normal body opening |
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| prevention of pregnancy using a device to prevent sperm from meeting an ovum |
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| thin fluid first secreted by the breast after delivery |
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| twins that develop from two different ova fertilized by two different sperm |
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| branch of medicine specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the female reproductive system |
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| use of hormones to block ovulation and prevent conraception. |
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| twins that develop from the splitting of one fertilized ovum. |
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| inability to produce children |
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| device that is inserted into the uterus by a physician for the purpose of contraception |
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| first bowel movement of a newborn |
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| branch of medicine involving newborsn |
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| branch of medicine of women during pregnancy and childbirth |
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| symptoms that can develop just prior to the onset of a menstrual period |
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| beginning of menstruation and the ability to reproduce |
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| beginning of menstruation and the ability to reproduce |
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| cyst that develops within the ovary |
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| malignant growth in the cervix |
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| cancer of the endometrial lining of the uterus |
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| benign tumor of growth that contains fiber-like tissue |
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| excessive bleeding during the menstrual period and at intervals between menstrual periods |
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| fallen uterus that can cause the cervix to protrude through the vaginal opening. |
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| yeast infection of the skin and mucous membranes that can result in white plaques on tongue and vagina |
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| hernia or outpouching of the bladder that protrudes into the vagina |
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| protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina |
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| rare and sometimes fatal staphylococcus infection that generally occurs in menstruating women. |
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| abnormal condition of endometrium tissue appearing throughout the pelvis or on the abdominal wall. |
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| pelvic inflammatory disease |
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| chronic or acute infection usually bacterial that has ascended through the female reproductive organs and out into the pelvic cavtiy |
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| malignant tumor of the breast |
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| fibrocystic breast disease |
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| benign cysts forming in the brease |
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| emergency condition in which the placenta tears away from the uterine wall prior to delivery of the infant |
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| convulsive seizures and coma occurring in the women between the twentieth week of pregnancy and the first week of postpartum |
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| hemolyctic disease of the newborn |
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| condition developing in the baby when the mothers blood type is Rh negative and the babys blood is Rh positive. |
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| metabolic disease of pregnancy, toxemia |
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| when the umbilical cord of the baby is expelled first during delivery and is squeezed between the baby's head and the vaginal wall |
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| unplanned loss of pregnancy due to the death of the embryo or fetus before the time it is viable, miscarriage |
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| birth in which viable aged fetus dies shortly before or at the time of delivery |
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| test for early detection of cancer of the cervix |
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| chemical test that can determine a pregnancy during the first few weeks |
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| xray after injecting radiopaque material into the uterus and fallopian tubes |
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| xray to diagnose breast disease |
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| ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ |
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| examination of vagina using colposcope |
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| examination of female pelvic cavity, particularly behind the uterus |
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| evaluation of neonate's adjustment to the outside world |
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| chorionic villus sampling |
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| removal of a small piece of th chorion for genetic analysis |
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| surgical removal of a core of cervical tissue |
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| surgical incision of the perineum to facilitate the delivery process |
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| removal of only a breast tumore and the tissue immediately surrounding it |
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| termination of a pregnancy for the health of the mother |
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| surgical tying off of the falopian tubes to prevent contraception from taking place |
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| medication that terminates a pregnancy |
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| natural hormone that begins or improves uterine contractions during labor |
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