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Obstetric/Gynecology Terms

abdominal hysterectomy
abdominovaginal hysterectomy
ABO incompatibility
abortion
abruptio placentae
adenocarcinoma
acetic acid
acetowhite
acne vulgaris
active phase arrest
active phase of labor
acyclic pelvic pain
adenomatoid oviduct tumor
adhesive endometriosis
adnexa
adnexal mass
ADS (anonymous donor sperm)
AENNS (Albert Einstein Neonatal Developmental Scale)
AFI (amniotic fluid index)
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein)
AGA (appropriate for gestational age)
AGCUS (atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance)
Albert Einstein Neonatal Developmental Scale (AENNS)
Albert-Smith pessary
Aloka OB/GYN ultrasound
alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
amenorrhea
amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome
amniotic fluid index(AFI)
amniocentesis
Amino-Cerv pH 5.5 cervical cream
Amko vaginal speculum
Amniohook
amniocentesis
amnioinfusion
amnion
amnion nodosum
amnion ring
amnion rupture
amniotic fluid
amniotomy
amorphous fetus
Amplicor chlamydia assay
anembryonic gestation
anonymous donor sperm (ADS)
anovular menstruation
anovulation
anovulatory
anteflexion
antenatal
antepartum
anterior lip of the cervix
anteroposterior
anteversion
Apgar score
appropriate for gestational age (AGA)
areola
ARM or AROM (artificial rupture of membranes)
arrest of labor
arrest of descent
ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance)
aspiration
assisted breech delivery
assisted cephalic delivery
assisted zonal hatching (AZH)
atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGCUS)
atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)
autosomal
Ayre spatula
Ayre spatula-Zelsmyr Cytobrush technique
axilla
axillary node sampling
AZH (assisted zonal hatching)

BABE ultrasound
bacterial vaginosis (BV)
Balfour retractor
Bartholin cyst
bartholinitis
Bartholin glands
Baylor amniotic perforator
BBT (basal body temperature)
BCC (benign cellular changes)
beat-to-beat variability
Bell-Buettner hysterectomy
benign cellular changes (BCC)
betamethasone
beta-subunit
Betke-Kleihauer test
Betke stain
bezoar
bicornuate uterus
bidet
bifid pelvis
bilateral oophorectomy
binovular twin
Biocept-5 pregnancy test
Biocept-G pregnancy test
biometry
biophysical profile (BPP)
biparietal diameter (BPD)
Bird vacuum extractor
birthing chair
birthing room
Biswas Silastic pessary
bladder flap
blighted ovum
blue ring pessary
Bonney abdominal hysterectomy
BPD (biparietal diameter)
BPP (biophysical profile)
Braxton Hicks contractions
breast binding
breast engorgement
breast-fed baby
breech delivery
breech extraction
breech presentation
broad ligament
brown baby syndrome
Burch procedure
burning vulva syndrome
BUS (Bartholin, urethral, and Skene) glands
BV (bacterial vaginosis)

CA-125 (cancer antigen-125)
caked breast
candidal vulvovaginitis
candidiasis
candy-cane stirrups
carcinoma in situ (CIS)
carcinoma of the breast
carcinoma of the cervix
carcinoma of the endometrium
cardinal ligament
cauterization
cephalic version
cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD)
cerclage
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
cervical cerclage
cervical cone biopsy
cervical conization
cervical dysplasia
cervical erosions
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
cervical motion tenderness
cervical os
cervicitis
cervicovaginal fistula
cervicovaginal junction
cervicovaginal ridge
cervix
cesarean section (C-section)
chandelier sign
CHL (crown-heel length)
chlamydia
chondrosarcoma
chorea gravidarum
chorioallantoic
chorioamnionitis
choriocarcinoma
choriogenesis
chorion
chorionic
chorionic villus sampling
chronic pelvic pain (CPP)
CIN (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia)
circumvallata placenta
CIS (carcinoma in situ)
Clark classification of vulvar melanoma
clean-catch urine specimen
Clearblue Easy
Clearplan Easy
clitoridis
clitoriditis
clitoris
clitoromegaly
clitoroplasty
CNM (Certified Nurse-Midwife)
coitus
coitus incompletus
cold-knife biopsy (conization)
collodion baby
colostrorrhea
colostrous
colostrum
colovaginal fistula
colporrhaphy
colposcopy
colpocystitis
colpocystocele
colpocystoplasty
colpocystorethropexy
colpopoiesis
colporectopexy
colporrhagia
colposcope
colpostat
colposuspension
colpourethropexy
complete breech presentation
Conceive Ovulation Predictor
condyloma (condylomata)
conization
conjoined twins
Coombs test
cordate pelvis
cornu (cornua)
corpora lutea cyst
corpus luteum cyst
corpus luteum dysfunction
cotyledon
CPD (cephalopelvic disproportion)
CPP (chronic pelvic pain
creamy vulvitis
Crede maneuver of uterus
cribriform hymen
cri du chat
cri-du-chat syndrome
crown-heel length (CHL)
crown-rump length (CRL)
CRL (crown-rump length)
cry (uterine)
cryocauterization
cube pessary
cul-de-sac
culdocentesis
culdoplasty
culdoscopy
culdotomy
curettage
cystadenocarcinoma
cystadenoma
cystitis

D&C (dilatation and curettage)
D&E (dilation and evacuation)
debulking
decelerations
decudya nebstryakus
dermoid cyst
DES (diethylstilbestrol)
DES daughter
DES exposure
descensus uteri
desquamative inflammatory vaginitis
desultory labor
di-di (dichorionic-diamniotic)
dichorionic-diamniotic (di-di)
didymus
diembryony
diencephalic syndrome
Diflucan
Dilapan hygroscopic cervical dilator
dilatation
dilatation and curettage (D&C)
dilation and evacuation (D&E)
diovular twins
disperse placenta
distal tubal disease
dizygotic twin
Dopplex (fetal)
doughnut pessary
DUB (dysfunctional uterine bleeding)
Duncan placenta
Duncan presentation
Dumontpallier pessary
duplex uterus
Dutch pessary
dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)
dysgenesis
dysmenorrhea
dysmenorrheal membrane
dysontogenesis
dysplasia
dyspareunia
dystocia
dystocia-dystrophia syndrome
dysuria

early decelerations
early-onset preeclampsia
ECC (endocervical curettage)
eclampsia
ectopic pregnancy
ectopic ureter
EDC (estimated date of confinement)
edema
EFM (electronic fetal monitoring)
EFW (estimated fetal weight)
EGA (estimated gestational age)
egg activation
egg cell
egg membrane
Egnell breast pump
EIFT (embryo intrafallopian transfer)
eight-cell embryo
elderly primigravida
elephant pelvis
embryo
embryo intrafallopian transfer (EIFT)
embryoblast
embryogenesis
embryography
embryology
embryonal sarcoma
embryonic sac
embryoniform
embryonization
embryoplastic
embryoscopy
EMC (endometrial curettage)
emesis
Emmert-Gelhorn pessary
en caul delivery
endocervical curettage (ECC)
endocervical mucosa
endocervical polyp
endocervical sampling
endocervicitis
Endoclip
endometrial ablation
endometrial ablator
endometrial adenocanthoma
endometrial biopsy
endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia
endometrial curettage (EMC)
endometritis
endometrium
endometrioid carcinoma
endometriosis
endovaginal
enterovaginal fistula
episiotomy
Eros-CTD (clitoral therapy device) - See MT Desk glossary entry
ERT (estrogen replacement therapy)
erythroblastosis fetalis
essential dysmenorrhea
estimated date of confinement (EDC)
estimated fetal weight (EFW)
estimated gestational age (EGA)
Estrace
Estraderm
estradiol vaginal cream
estrogen
estrogen breakthrough bleeding
estrogen deprivation
estrogen-induced prolactinoma
estrogen-progestin
estrogen receptor
estrogen replacement
estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)
exenteration
expectant management
external fetal monitoring
external genitalia
extraction
extrapyramidal
extrauterine pregnancy

fallopian tubes
false labor
false pregnancy
FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome)
ferning
fern-positive (or negative) Nitrazine test
fertilization
fertilizable life span
fetal acid-base balance
fetal age
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
fetal biparietal diameter
fetal congenital hyperplasia
fetal cotyledon
fetal descent
fetal distress
fetal dystocia
fetal heart rate (FHR)
fetal heart rate decelerations
fetal lie
fetal lung maturity
fetal macrosomia
fetal-maternal exchange
fetal monitoring
fetal-pelvic index
fetal position
fetal scalp electrode
fetal skin sampling
fetal tissue implant
fetal viability
fetal well-being
fetalis
fetomaternal hemorrhage
fetoplacenta anasarca
fetoplacental transfusion
fetouterine cell
fetoscopy
fetus
FHR (fetal heart rate)
fibroadenoma
fibrocystic breast disease
fibrocystic
fibroids
FIGO nomenclature
FIGO staging fimbriae
fimbriated
Findley folding pessary
fine-needle aspiration biopsy
fingerbreadth
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
follicular cyst
FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)
fundal height
funiculus umbilicalis
furuncle
FVS (fetal varicella syndrome)

galactogram
galactophoritis
galactorrhea
gamete
Gariel pessary
GC (gonorrhea culture)
Gehrung pessary
Gellhorn pessary
gemellary pregnancy
gemellipara
Genentech
genetic counseling
genitalia
genitofemoral nerve
genotype
germ cell ovarian neoplasm
gestation
gestational age
gestational diabetes mellitus
gestational ring
gestational sac
gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD)
gestator
GIFT (gamete intrafallopian transfer)
Glucola
glucose tolerance test (GTT)
gonadoblastoma
gonadotropin
Gono Kwik test
gonorrhea culture (GC)
gonorrheal cervicitis
gonorrheal salpingitis
graafian follicle
gravida/para - GTPAL - gravida (total pregnancies), term-preterm-abortions-living GTD (gestational trophoblastic disease)
GTT (glucose tolerance test)
gynandroblastoma
gynecomastia
gynopathy

habitual aborter
habitus of fetus
Hanely-McDermitt pelvimeter
Hanks dilator
harlequin fetus
hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)
head circumference
Hegar dilator
HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count)
hemiuterus
hemivulvectomy
hemochorial placenta
HER-2/neu
heterotopic pregnancy
HGSIL (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion)
high forceps delivery
high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL)
Hodge pessary
honeymoon cystitis
hormone-stimulated endometrial change
horseshoe placenta
hot biopsy
hourglass uterus
HPV (human papilloma virus)
human chorionic gonadotropin
human papilloma virus (HPV)
HUMI cannula
HUMI uterine manipulator/injector
hyaline membrane disease
hydatid mole
hydatid pregnancy
hydatidiform mole
hydramnion
hydramnios
hydroa gestationis
hydrocephalus
hydrops fetalis
hydrops ovarii
hydrops tubae profluens
hydrorrhea gravidae
hydrorrhea gravidarum
hymen
hymen sculptatus
hymenal ring
hyperechoic endometrium
hyperemesis gravidarum
hyperemesis lactentium
hypergonadotropic amenorrhea
hypergynecosmia
hypermenorrhea
hypomenorrhea
hypotonic myometrium
hypotonic uterine dysfunction
hysterectomy
hysterocystopexy
hysterogram
hysteropexy
hysterorrhaphy
hysterorrhexis
hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
hysterosalpingography
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
hysteroscopy
hysterotomy
Hyskon

iatrogenic fetal distress
incompatibility
incompetent cervix
incomplete abortion
incudiform uterus
indifferent genitalia
indigo carmine dye
induced abortion
induced labor
infundibulopelvic ligament
Insul-Sheath
intact membranes
intertuberous diameter
intra-amniotic infection
intracervical tent
intraductal carcinoma
intrapartum hemorrhage
intrauterine adhesions
intrauterine device (IUD)
intrauterine growth retardation
intrauterine resuscitation
intraepithelial cervical dysplasia
intraepithelial endometrial cancer
invaginata
inverted nipple
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
involution
IUGR (intrauterine growth retardation)
IVF (in vitro fertilization)
IVF-ET (in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer)

Janosik embryo
jello sign
jogger's amenorrhea

karyotype
karyotyping
Kegel exercises
kernicterus
Kleihauer-Betke test
Kleihauer-Betke stain
KOH prep
KOH stain
KOH test
Kroner tubal ligation
kyphotic pelvis

labia
labial agglutination
labial hernia
labialis herpes
labor augmentation
labor inhibition
labor initiation
lactation
lactation amenorrhea
lactation letdown response
lactiferous ducts
lactogenesis
lactorrhea
laminaria cervical dilator
laparohysterectomy
laparohysteropexy
laparohysterotomy
laparomyomectomy
laparosalpingectomy
laparoscopic fenestration
laparoscopic hysterectomy
laparoscopic insufflator
laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy
laparoscopy
large-for-dates infant
large-for-dates uterus
large for gestational age (LGA)
late decelerations
latent phase of labor
LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure)
LeFort procedure
left occipitoposterior position (LOP)
leiomyoma (leiomyomata)
leiomyomatata uteri
leiomyomatosis
leiomyosarcoma
letdown reflex
leukorrhea
LGA (large for gestational age)
LGSIL (low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion)
LOA (left occipitoanterior)
lochia
lochia alba
lochia cruenta
lochia purulenta
lochia rubra
lochia sanguinolenta
lochia serosa
lochial
lochiometra
lochiometritis
lochiorrhagia
lochiorrhea
LOP (left occipitoposterior position)
LOT (left occipitotransverse position)
low birth weight
low cervical cesarean section
low forceps delivery
low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL)
low-segment incision
low transverse cesarean section
lower uterine segment transverse cesarean section
lumpectomy
lupus obstetric syndrome
luteinized unruptured follicle
luteinizing hormone
luteoma pregnancy

macrosomia
macrostomia
magnification mammography
malignant ovarian teratoma
malignant teratoma
malodorous
mammalgia
mammaplasty
mammary
mammography
mammoplasty
Marshall-Marchetti
Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz (MMK)
mask of pregnancy
mastectomy
mastitis
mastocytosis
mastodynia
mastoiditis
mastopexy
mastotomy
maternal abdominal pressure
maternal antibodies
maternal cotyledon
maternal hemopathy
maternal hydrops fetalis
maternal hypertension
maternal parvovirus fetalis
maternal screening maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAP)
maternal-fetal histoincompatibility
mature ovarian teratoma
Mayer pessary
McCall culdoplasty
McDonald cervical cerclage
meconium
meconium aspiration
meconium-stained amniotic fluid
mediolateral episiotomy
menarche
Menge pessary
menometrorrhagia
menopause
menorrhagia
menorrhea
menouria
menstrual cycle induction
menstrual molimina
menstrual-ovarian cycle
menstruation
mesovarium
Methergine
metrorrhea
metrorrhexis metrorrhagia
metrosalpingitis
metrosalpingography
metrostaxis
MICRhoGAM
microsomia
mimetic labor
minimal cervical dysplasia
missed abortion
mittelschmerz
MMK (Marshall-Marchetti Krantz)
molar pregnancy
molding of head
monoamniotic twins
monochorial twins
monochorionic diamniotic placenta
monochorionic monoamniotic placenta
monochorionic twins
monoovular twins
monozygosity
monozygotic twins
Monsel solution
Montevideo unit
mons pubis
mons ureteris
mons veneris
mucorrhea
multigravida
multipara
multiple gestation
mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
myomectomy
myometrium

Naegele
nasolabial
nausea gravidarum
needle aspiration
neonatal
neural tube defect (NTD)
nipple stimulation test
nipple-areola complex
Nitrazine test
noncommunicating uterine horn
Norplant
NTD (neural tube defect)
nulligravida
nullipara
nulliparous

OA (occipitoanterior)
oblique lie
oblique presentation
obstetric
obturator
occipitoanterior (OA)
occipitoposterior (OP)
occipitotransverse (OT)
O'Connor-O'Sullivan retractor
oligomenorrhea
one-hour glucose tolerance test
oogenesis
oophoritis
oophorocystectomy
oophorohysterectomy
oophoropeliopexy
oophorrhagia
orifice
ostium (ostia)
ovarian
ovarian ablation
ovarian carcinoma
ovarian cystadenocarcinoma
ovarian cysts
ovarian dysgenesis
ovarian fibroma
ovarioabdominal pregnancy
ovariocele
ovariohysterectomy
ovariorrhexis
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingitis
ovariostomy
ovaritis
OvuKIT
ovulation
ovum (ova)
oxygenated fetal blood
oxytocia
oxytocin

PALM (premature accelerated lung maturation)
palpation
panhysterectomy
panniculitis
panniculus
Pap (Papanicolaou) smear, test
paper-doll fetus
papilla
papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma
papillomavirus
parametric abscess
parametritis
paraovarian cyst
paraovarian cyst
paratubal cyst
paraurethral
paravaginal hysterectomy
paravaginitis
parturition
PCO (polycystic ovary syndrome)
patent processus vaginalis peritonei
peau d'orange appearance of the breast
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
pelvic thrombophlebitis
pelvic vein congestion
pelvic ultrasonography
pelvicephalography
pelvic-floor surgery
pelvifaxation
pelvigraph
pelvimetry
perimetrium
perinatal acidosis
perinatologist
perinatology
perineal laceration
perineometer
perineorrhaphy
perineovaginal fistula
perineorrhaphy
perineovaginal fistula
perineum
peripartum
peritoneum
periumbilical incision
perivaginitis
pernicious anemia of pregnancy
Pfannenstiel incision
Phaneuf uterine artery forceps
phantom pregnancy
Pharmaseal uterine sound
Pharmaseal cervical dilator
PID (pelvic inflammatory disease)
Pitocin
Pitocin augmentation
placenta
placenta previa
placental perfusion
placental grade
PPROM (preterm premature rupture of membranes)
Pomeroy tubal ligation
posterior lie
postpartum
povidine-iodine douche
preeclampsia
premature accelerated lung maturation (PALM)
premature rupture of membranes (PROM)
Prentif pessary
presentation
preterm labor
preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)
primary uterine inertia
primigravida
primipara
primiparous
Prochownik pessary
procidentia
prodromal labor
progesterone
PROM (premature rupture of membranes)
prostaglandin
pseudocyesis
psychogenic pelvic pain
puberty
pubis symphysis
pudendal apron
pyosalpinx

radical mastectomy
referred pelvic pain
Rh incompatibility
RhoGAM
ring pessary
ROA (right occipitoanterior position)
ROP (right occipitoposterior position)
ROT (right occipitotransverse position)
respiratory distress syndrome
rudimentary uterine horn

salpingectomy
salpingitis
salpingo-oophorectomy
secondary infertility
secondary uterine inertia
second-look laparoscopy
Shirodkar cervical cerclage
shoulder dystocia
SIL (squamous intraepithelial lesion)
simple mastectomy
single-tooth tenaculum
sonohysterogram (SHG)
sonohysterograph; sonohysterography
spontaneous rupture of membranes (SROM)
squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL)
SROM (spontaneous rupture of membranes)
station
stereotactic breast biopsy
stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
SUI (stress urinary incontinence)

TAH (total abdominal hysterectomy)
transverse lie
total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH)
total mastectomy
tubal gestation
tubal ligation
tubal obstruction
tubo-ovarian

unstable lie
urethrovaginal fistula
uterine
uterine chondrosarcoma
uterine cry
uterine horn
uterine leiomyoma
uterine manipulator
uterine massage
uterine tubes
uteroperitoneal fistula
uterovesical fold
uterus

vacuum-assisted delivery
vacuum extractor delivery
vacuum extraction
vagina
vaginal adenosis
vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
vaginal candidiasis
vaginal microflora
vaginal mucosa
vaginal orifice
vaginitis
variable decelerations
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)
vertex delivery
vertex presentation
vesicovaginal fistula
vulva
vulvovaginitis
vulvovaginal candidiasis

Zwanck pessary

Reference Books

Stedman's OB/GYN Words