medical Terminology Chapter 8

pseudocyesis

False pregnancy

fibrocystic

Painful, lumpy breasts.

anovulatory

Pertaining to no ovulation (no egg is released from ovary)

cystadenocarcinoma

a malignant tumor that forms cysts

nulligravida

a woman who has never been pregnant

preeclampsia

abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria

menorrhagia

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation

oligomenorrhea

abnormally light or infrequent menstruation

amenorrhea

absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

cystadenomas

adenomas producing large cystic masses, seen typically in the ovary

abruption placentae

an abnormal disorder in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall before the birth of the fetus

leiomyoma

benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)

metrorrhagia

bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation

FSH

Stimulates follicle development of ovaries and development of sperm cells

leukorrhea

discharge of white mucous material from the vagina

nulliparous

female who has borne no offspring

oophoritis

inflammation of one or both ovaries

cervicitis

inflammation of the uterine cervix

cervical carcinoma

malignant tumor of the cervix

dysmenorrhea

painful menstruation

placenta pervia

placenta lays right over the opening to the cervix

gestation

the conception and development of an idea or plan

menarche

the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman

endometriosis

the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus

parturition

the process of giving birth

galactorrhea

the production of breast milk in a women who is not breastfeeding