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| ovaries and fallopian tubes |
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| absence of menstrual cycles |
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| producing less urine or urinating less often |
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| pain with sexual intercourse |
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| feeling of pain, burning, or discomfort upon urination |
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| inability to control urination |
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| pain on either side of the body between the upper abdomen and the back |
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gravida -- number of pregnancies
para -- number of viable births
abortus -- number of pregnancies that were lost for any reason, including induced abortions of miscarriages |
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| pertaining to the groin region |
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| last normal menstrual period |
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| an abnormally heavy and prolonged menstrual period |
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| need to get up in the night to urinate |
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| opening of the cervical canal into the vagina |
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| bladder never empties and small amounts of urine leak continuously |
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| number of viable offspring born to a woman |
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| pain that occurs mostly in the lower abdominal area |
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| area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva in the female |
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| pertaining to the kidneys |
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| sexually transmitted disease |
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| need to urinate many times, both in normal or less-than-normal volumes |
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| difficulty beginning the flow of urine |
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| involuntary leakage of urine |
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| lack of ability to urinate |
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| sudden, compelling urge to urinate |
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| costovertebral angle -- elicited when gently tapping the area of the back overlying the kidney producing pain |
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| visual inspection of external genitalia noting appearance and herpetic lesions, ulcerations or excoriations |
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| a speculum (an instrument for opening and widening certain passages of the body) is used to open the vagina and aid in visualizing interior walls of the vagina and the cervix, including os and noting whether it is open or closed |
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| examiner inserts two fingers into the vagina and places the other hand on the abdomen to feel the internal pelvic organs, mainly the uterus and ovaries, noting cervical motion tenderness (CMT) and adnexal tenderness/masses |
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| vaginal discharge is placed onto a slide and placed under a microscope so that it can be checked for signs of infection |
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| visual inspection of the external genitalia including penis, scrotum and perineal area noting appearance and herpetic lesions, ulcerations or excoriations |
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| palpation of bilateral scrotum, testes, and epididymis noting tenderness |
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| assess tenderness or abnormalities of the prostate |
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| termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability |
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| acute kidney injury -- rapid loss of kidney function that occurs over a few hours or days |
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| acute renal failure -- rapid loss of kidney function that occurs over a few hours or days |
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| formed when a Bartholin's gland located on each side of the vaginal opening is blocked, causing a fluid-filled cyst to develop |
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| bilateral tubal ligation -- surgical procedure for sterilization in which a woman's fallopian tubes are clamped and blocked, or severed and sealed, either method of which prevents eggs from reaching the uterus |
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| bacterial vaginosis -- disease of the vagina caused by overgrowth of bacteria |
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| common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis |
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| chronic kidney disease -- slow loss of kidney function over time |
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| chronic renal failure -- slow loss of kidney function over time |
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| inflammation of the lining of the bladder |
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| dilation and curettage -- involves dilating the uterine cervix so that the lining tissue (endometrium) of the uterus can be removed by scraping |
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| seizures that occur in a pregnant woman that are not related to a preexisting brain condition |
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| implantation of the fertilized ovum outside the uterine cavity |
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| cells from the lining of the uterus (endometrium) appear and flourish outside the uterine cavity, most commonly on the ovaries |
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| inflammation of the epididymis |
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| flexible tube with two lumens that is passed through the urethra and into the bladder; one lumen is open at both ends to allow urine to drain out into a collection bag and the other lumen has a valve on the outside end and connects to a balloon at the tip, inflated with sterile water when it lies inside the bladder in order to stop it from slipping out |
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| common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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| hemodialysis -- method for extracorporeal removing of waste products such as creatinine and urea as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are in renal failure |
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| surgical removal of the uterus |
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| intrauterine device -- a type of birth control in which a "T-shaped" device is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy |
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| intrauterine pregnancy -- pregnancy that takes place within the uterus |
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| spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy |
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| rotation of the ovary to such a degree as to occlude the ovarian artery and/or vein |
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| pelvic inflammatory disease -- generic term for inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries |
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| hypertension that arises in pregnancy |
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| persistent, usually painful, erection that lasts for more than four hours and occurs without sexual stimulation |
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| inflammation of the prostate |
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| specific type of urinary tract infection (UTI) that generally begins in urethra or bladder and travels up into kidneys |
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| spontaneous abortion (also called miscarriage) |
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| twisting of the spermatic cord, which cuts off the blood supply to the testicle and surrounding structures within the scrotum |
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| condition that suggests a miscarriage might take place before the 20th week of pregnancy |
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| sexually transmitted infection caused by the single celled protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis |
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| trans-urethral resection of prostate -- an instrument is inserted up the urethra to remove the section of the prostate that is blocking urine flow |
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| urinary tract infection -- infection that occurs anywhere along the urinary tract |
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