chapter 13

Hydrocele

156 Fluid in processus vaginalis

Obstetrician

A doctor who specializes in pregnancy, labor, and delivery

Gonorrhea

A sexually transmitted bacterial disease caused by a gonococcus bacterium that causes inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, burning pain when urinating, and a discharge

Amniocentesis

A technique of prenatal diagnosis in which amniotic fluid, obtained by aspiration from a needle inserted into the uterus, is analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital defects in the fetus

Oligomenorrhea

Abnormally light or infrequent menstruation

Amenorrhea

Absence of menstruation.

colostrum

Breast fluid secreted during pregnancy and the 1st week after childbirth

Endocervicitis

Inflammation of the mucous membrane lining of the cervix

Orchidectomy

Surgical removal of a testicle

colpopexy

surgical fixation of the vagina