Glossary
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- abortion
- Termination of a pregnancy.
- AIDS
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- ARNP
- Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
- cervix
- The lower part of the uterus, with an opening connecting the uterus to the vagina.
- Chlamydia
- A bacterial STD. Most people with chlamydia aren't aware they have it since there are usually no symptoms. Untreated, CT often results in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain.
- CNM
- Certified Nurse Midwife
- contraception
- birth control; any technique, method, or device that reduces the risk of a woman becoming pregnant
- emergency contraception
- see Plan B Emergency Contraception
- erection
- When the penis gets hard and stiff due to blood flowing into it as a result of sexual excitement.
- fallopian tube
- One of two narrow tubes that carry the egg from the ovary to the uterus.
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- a condition in which body deformation or facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant
- folic acid
- B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
- genital warts
- Human Papillomavirus
- heterosexual
- Attracted to the opposite sex; straight
- HIV
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- HPV
- Human Papillomavirus or Genital Warts Only a few women with certain types of wart virus in their cervix have the kind of cell changes linked with cancer.
- human papilloma virus
- See genital warts. Only a few women with certain types of wart virus in their cervix have the kind of cell changes linked with cancer.
- ovaries
- The two organs that store eggs in a woman's body and produce hormones associated with sex and reproduction.
- Plan B Emergency Contraception
- Similar to birth control pills that prevent ovulation or fertilization. Plan B will not harm a developing fetus, and will not terminate an existing pregnancy. Plan B is for emergency contraception only, and not intended to be used in place of regular contraception.
- propaganda
- Hype or misinformation which reflects the views of those spreading the rumour
- public health care
- this antiquated idea whereby the government would provide health care for all paid by taxing income etc.
- scrotum
- The soft sac of wrinkled skin that cover, hold and protect a man's testicles
- seminal fluid
- also called semen
- sperm
- Microscopic living things contained in semen. They look like tadpoles. Semen allows sperm to swim as they look for the female egg, in order to fertilize it.
- STD
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- tubal ligation
- Permanent, surgical method of birth control for a woman. The two fallopian tubes are blocked so an egg can not pass through them to be fertilized.
- vasectomy
- Permanent, surgical method of birth control for a man. The two sperm tubes are blocked so sperm can not pass through the penis.