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BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS Hydatid noun Medicine a cyst containing watery fluid, in particular one formed by and containing

g a tapeworm larva.
ORIGIN

C17: from modern Latin hydatis, from Greek hudatis, hudatid- 'watery vesicle', from hudor, hudat- 'water'. Cervical smear noun British a specimen of cellular material from the neck of the womb spread on a microscope slide for examination for cancerous cells. cul-de-sac noun (plural culs-de-sac or cul-de-sacs pronunciation same or ) a street or passage closed at one end.
ORIGIN

C18 (originally in anatomy): French, literally 'bottom of a sack'. caecum (United States cecum) noun (plural caeca) Anatomy a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines.
DERIVATIVES

caecal adjective
ORIGIN

Middle English: from Latin (intestinum) caecum 'blind (gut)', translation of Greek tuphlon enteron. Hernia noun (plural hernias or herniae ) a condition in which part of an organ (most commonly, the intestine) is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it.
DERIVATIVES

hernial adjective
ORIGIN

Middle English: from Latin Primigravida noun (plural Primigravidae ) Medicine a woman pregnant for the first time.
ORIGIN

C19: modern Latin, from Latin primus 'first' + gravidus (see gravid). Neoplastic1 adjective Medicine relating to a neoplasm or neoplasia. Uremia (United States uremia) noun Medicine a raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds.
DERIVATIVES

uraemic adjective
ORIGIN

C19: modern Latin, from Greek ouron 'urine' + haima 'blood'. Irritable bowel syndrome noun a condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhoea or constipation, often associated with stress or previous infection. Obstetrician noun a physician or surgeon qualified to practise in obstetrics. Obstetric adjective relating to childbirth and the processes associated with it.
DERIVATIVES

Obstetrical adjective (chiefly North American). obstetrically adverb obstetrics plural noun
ORIGIN

C18: from modern Latin obstetricus from Latin obstetricius (based on obstetrix 'midwife'), from obstare 'be present'. Gravid adjective 1 technical pregnant. 2 literary full of meaning or a specified quality.
ORIGIN

C16: from Latin gravidus 'laden, pregnant'. Antibiotic noun a medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
ORIGIN

C19: from anti- + Greek biotikos 'fit for life' (from bios 'life'). Antenatal British adjective before birth; during or relating to pregnancy. noun informal an antenatal medical examination.
DERIVATIVES

antenatal adverb

1 2

LIVER

GALL BLADDER
POSSIBILITY OF ATRESIA

CHOLELITHIASIS with CH. CHOLECYSTITIS

CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS LEADING TO BILIARY DILATATION Obstructive Jaundice


Jaundice noun 1 Medicine yellowing of the skin due to an excess of bile pigments in the blood. 2 bitterness or resentment.
DERIVATIVES

jaundiced adjective Cholelithiasis noun Medicine the formation of gallstones.


ORIGIN

Middle English jaunes, from Old French jaunice 'yellowness', from jaune 'yellow'.

CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS MECONIUMILEUS (KLATSKIN TUMOR / INF?) PORCELAIN GB Choledochal Cyst MUCOCELE CHOLEDOCHAL CYST

Pancreas Spleen Kidneys


ANEURISMAL DILATATION PROXIMAL ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH A.S CHANGES
Aneurysm (also aneurism) noun Medicine an excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery.
DERIVATIVES

Aneurysmal adjective

Urinary bladder Uterus and ovaries


Uterus
Endometritis noun Medicine inflammation of the ENDOMETRIUM. Endometriosis

noun Medicine a condition that results from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the womb, causing pelvic pain. Hysterectomy noun (plural hysterectomies) a surgical operation to remove all or part of the womb.

OMPHELOCELE POLYHYDRAMNIOS= Excessive OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS = Decreased INTRAUTERINE FETAL DEATH MACERATED FETUS BREECH LONGITUDINAL/OBLIQUE ANENCEPHALY EXENCEPHALY POLYHYDRAMNIOS, EXOPHTHALMOS, ANENCEPHALY & DEFORMED SPINE
RETROVERTED adjective Anatomy (of the uterus) tilted abnormally backwards.
DERIVATIVES

RETROVERSION noun

Abdominal masses
Haematoma (United States haematoma) noun (plural haematomas or haematomata ) Medicine a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues. Colostomy noun (plural colostomies) a surgical operation in which the colon is shortened to remove a damaged part and the cut end diverted to an opening in the abdominal wall.

Pregnancy
MACERATED FETUS OF 14 WEEKS
Braxton Hicks contractions plural noun Medicine intermittent weak contractions of the uterus occurring during pregnancy.
ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: named after the English gynaecologist John Braxton Hicks. Macerate verb 1 soften or break up (food) by soaking in a liquid. 2 archaic cause to grow thinner or waste away.
DERIVATIVES

Maceration noun Macerator noun

Color Doppler values increased with absent diastolic leading to placental insufficiency and IUGR.
Placenta praevia (United States placenta previa) noun Medicine a condition in which the placenta partially or wholly blocks the neck of the uterus, so interfering with normal delivery of a baby. Abruption noun technical the sudden breaking away of a portion from a mass. Medicine premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the womb during pregnancy.

Abruption
Undescended adjective Medicine (of a testicle) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending normally into the scrotum. Appendix noun (plural appendices or appendixes) 1 (also vermiform appendix) Anatomy a tube-shaped sac attached to the lower end of the large intestine. 2 a section of subsidiary matter at the end of a book.
ORIGIN

C16 (in sense 2): from Latin, from appendere (see append).

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