Medical Terminology Unit 7-Obstetrics and
Gynecology Questions and Answers
1. anisocytosis - Correct Answer cells of unequal sizes
2. anisomastia - Correct Answer breasts of unequal size
3. antepartum - Correct Answer before childbirth
4. cervicitis - Correct Answer inflammation of the cervix
5. colpoplasty - Correct Answer surgical repair of the vagina
6. colposcopy - Correct Answer visual examination of the vagina
7. dysmenorrhea - Correct Answer painful or difficult menstruation
8. ectopic - Correct Answer a pregnancy outside of the womb, usually a fallopian
tube
9. endometritis - Correct Answer a condition in which the tissue that lines the
uterus grows somewhere else
10. gynecologist - Correct Answer a doctor who specializes in the female
reproductive system
11. hysterectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of the uterus
12. hysteropexy - Correct Answer surgical fixation of the uterus
13. hysteroptosis - Correct Answer prolapse of the uterus
14. hysterosalpingogram - Correct Answer x-ray of the uterus and fallopian tubes
15. hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy - Correct Answer excision of the uterus, uterine
tubes, and ovaries
16. inframammary - Correct Answer below the breast
17. laparorrhaphy - Correct Answer suturing of the abdominal wall
, 18. laparoscope - Correct Answer instrument used to visually examine the
abdomen
19. mammography - Correct Answer x-ray examination of the breast, a screening
test for cancer
20. mastectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of the breast
21. menopause - Correct Answer a cessation of menstruation
22. menstruation - Correct Answer endometrium breaks up and is discharged from
the body
23. metro rhea - Correct Answer discharge of mucus/pus from uterus
24. multiparous - Correct Answer a women who has given birth two or more times
25. neonatal - Correct Answer newborn
26. nulliparous - Correct Answer (obstetrics) a women who has never given birth to
a child
27. obstetrician - Correct Answer a doctor who specializes in pregnancy, labor, and
delivery
28. obstetrics - Correct Answer branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy and
childbirth
29. oogenesis - Correct Answer production of female gamete
30. oophorectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of an ovary
31. oophoropexy - Correct Answer surgical fixation of the ovary
32. post febrile - Correct Answer after a fever
33. postmortem - Correct Answer after death
34. postpartum - Correct Answer after childbirth
35. preoperative - Correct Answer before surgery
36. primigravida - Correct Answer first pregnancy
37. Puerperium - Correct Answer from the time of delivery of the placenta through
the first few weeks after delivery
Gynecology Questions and Answers
1. anisocytosis - Correct Answer cells of unequal sizes
2. anisomastia - Correct Answer breasts of unequal size
3. antepartum - Correct Answer before childbirth
4. cervicitis - Correct Answer inflammation of the cervix
5. colpoplasty - Correct Answer surgical repair of the vagina
6. colposcopy - Correct Answer visual examination of the vagina
7. dysmenorrhea - Correct Answer painful or difficult menstruation
8. ectopic - Correct Answer a pregnancy outside of the womb, usually a fallopian
tube
9. endometritis - Correct Answer a condition in which the tissue that lines the
uterus grows somewhere else
10. gynecologist - Correct Answer a doctor who specializes in the female
reproductive system
11. hysterectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of the uterus
12. hysteropexy - Correct Answer surgical fixation of the uterus
13. hysteroptosis - Correct Answer prolapse of the uterus
14. hysterosalpingogram - Correct Answer x-ray of the uterus and fallopian tubes
15. hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy - Correct Answer excision of the uterus, uterine
tubes, and ovaries
16. inframammary - Correct Answer below the breast
17. laparorrhaphy - Correct Answer suturing of the abdominal wall
, 18. laparoscope - Correct Answer instrument used to visually examine the
abdomen
19. mammography - Correct Answer x-ray examination of the breast, a screening
test for cancer
20. mastectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of the breast
21. menopause - Correct Answer a cessation of menstruation
22. menstruation - Correct Answer endometrium breaks up and is discharged from
the body
23. metro rhea - Correct Answer discharge of mucus/pus from uterus
24. multiparous - Correct Answer a women who has given birth two or more times
25. neonatal - Correct Answer newborn
26. nulliparous - Correct Answer (obstetrics) a women who has never given birth to
a child
27. obstetrician - Correct Answer a doctor who specializes in pregnancy, labor, and
delivery
28. obstetrics - Correct Answer branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy and
childbirth
29. oogenesis - Correct Answer production of female gamete
30. oophorectomy - Correct Answer surgical removal of an ovary
31. oophoropexy - Correct Answer surgical fixation of the ovary
32. post febrile - Correct Answer after a fever
33. postmortem - Correct Answer after death
34. postpartum - Correct Answer after childbirth
35. preoperative - Correct Answer before surgery
36. primigravida - Correct Answer first pregnancy
37. Puerperium - Correct Answer from the time of delivery of the placenta through
the first few weeks after delivery
