- Dilatation – to open
- Stenosis – narrowing
- perforation – small holes
- curettage – Removal of tissue with a curette
- atrophy – decrease in size
- DUB – Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- Biopsy – taking a tissue sample
- ectopy – Inside cells line outside
- ectopic pregnancy – fertilised egg implants outside uterus
- endometriosis – tissue which normally line inside grow outside the uterus.
- dyspareunia – pain persistent after intercourse
- TVS – Transvaginal sonography
- TAS – Transabdominal sonography
- TPS- transperitoneal sonography
- PCOD- Polycystic ovarian disease
- C- section- Caesarean section
- Puerperium- the period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother’s reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition.
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Common terms in Gynaecology with meanings
Terminologies used in gynaecology and obstetrics, it is the basics of gynaecology, before, before starting topic, you may go through these terms first