abdominal hysterectomy

abdominovaginal hysterectomy

ABO incompatibility

abortion

abortus

abruptio placentae

abruption

acetic acid

acetowhite

acne vulgaris

active phase arrest

active phase of labor

acyclic pelvic pain

adenocarcinoma

adenomatoid oviduct tumor

adhesive endometriosis

adnexa

adnexal mass

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

Amino-Cerv pH 5.5 cervical cream

Amko vaginal speculum

amniocentesis

amniocentesis

Amniohook

amnioinfusion

amnion

amnion nodosum

amnion ring

amnion rupture

amniotic fluid

amniotic fluid index(AFI)

amniotomy

amorphous fetus

Amplicor chlamydia assay

analgesia

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 descent

arrest of labor

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

axilla

axillary node sampling

Ayre spatula

Ayre spatula-Zelsmyr Cytobrush technique

AZH (assisted zonal hatching)

BABE ultrasound

bacterial vaginosis (BV)

Balfour retractor

Bartholin cyst

Bartholin glands

bartholinitis

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 stain

Betke-Kleihauer test

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

colpocystitis

colpocystocele

colpocystoplasty

colpocystorethropexy

colpopoiesis

colporectopexy

colporrhagia

colporrhaphy

colposcope

colposcopy

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

cri du chat

cribriform hymen

cri-du-chat syndrome

CRL (crown-rump length)

crown-heel length (CHL)

crown-rump length (CRL)

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

dichorionic-diamniotic (di-di)

di-di (dichorionic-diamniotic)

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)

Dumontpallier pessary

Duncan placenta

Duncan presentation

duplex uterus

Dutch pessary

dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)

dysgenesis

dysmenorrhea

dysmenorrheal membrane

dysontogenesis

dyspareunia

dysplasia

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 curettage (EMC)

endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia

endometrioid carcinoma

endometriosis

endometritis

endometrium

endovaginal

enterovaginal fistula

episiotomy

Eros-CTD (clitoral therapy device) - See

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 receptor

estrogen replacement

estrogen replacement therapy (ERT)

estrogen-induced prolactinoma

estrogen-progestin

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

fertilizable life span

fertilization

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 monitoring

fetal position

fetal scalp electrode

fetal skin sampling

fetal tissue implant

fetal viability

fetal well-being

fetalis

fetal-maternal exchange

fetal-pelvic index

fetomaternal hemorrhage

fetoplacenta anasarca

fetoplacental transfusion

fetoscopy

fetouterine cell

fetus

FHR (fetal heart rate)

fibroadenoma

fibrocystic

fibrocystic breast disease

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

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

Hyskon

hysterectomy

hysterocystopexy

hysterogram

hysteropexy

hysterorrhaphy

hysterorrhexis

hysterosalpingogram (HSG)

hysterosalpingography

hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy

hysteroscopy

hysterotomy

iatrogenic fetal distress

in vitro fertilization (IVF)

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

intraepithelial cervical dysplasia

intraepithelial endometrial cancer

intrapartum hemorrhage

intrauterine adhesions

intrauterine device (IUD)

intrauterine growth retardation

intrauterine resuscitation

invaginata

inverted nipple

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 stain

Kleihauer-Betke test

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

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 gestational age (LGA)

large-for-dates infant

large-for-dates uterus

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 transverse cesarean section

lower uterine segment transverse cesarean section

low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL)

low-segment incision

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

mons pubis

mons ureteris

mons veneris

Monsel solution

Montevideo unit

MT Desk glossary entry

mucinous cystadenocarcinoma

mucorrhea

multigravida

multipara

multiple gestation

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

patent processus vaginalis peritonei

PCO (polycystic ovary syndrome)

peau d'orange appearance of the breast

pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

pelvic thrombophlebitis

pelvic ultrasonography

pelvic vein congestion

pelvicephalography

pelvic-floor surgery

pelvifaxation

pelvigraph

pelvimetry

perimetrium

perinatal acidosis

perinatologist

perinatology

perineal laceration

perineometer

perineorrhaphy

perineorrhaphy

perineovaginal fistula

perineovaginal fistula

perineum

peripartum

peritoneum

periumbilical incision

perivaginitis

pernicious anemia of pregnancy

Pfannenstiel incision

Phaneuf uterine artery forceps

phantom pregnancy

Pharmaseal cervical dilator

Pharmaseal uterine sound

PID (pelvic inflammatory disease)

Pitocin

Pitocin augmentation

placenta

placenta previa

placental grade

placental perfusion

Pomeroy tubal ligation

posterior lie

postpartum

povidine-iodine douche

PPROM (preterm premature rupture of membranes)

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

respiratory distress syndrome

Rh incompatibility

RhoGAM

ring pessary

ROA (right occipitoanterior position)

ROP (right occipitoposterior position)

ROT (right occipitotransverse position)

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)

total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH)

total mastectomy

transverse lie

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 extraction

vacuum extractor delivery

vacuum-assisted delivery

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

vulvovaginal candidiasis

vulvovaginitis