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Women’s health
Health issues and subjects specific to women, such as menstruation, contraception, maternal health, child birth, menopause and breast cancer. These issues are often related to the female human anatomy such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to females.
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Women’s health
Depression
Health care; Women’s health
Term used to describe an emotional state involving sadness, lack of energy and low self-esteem.
Ductules
Health care; Women’s health
Small milk ducts in the breast leading to the mammary or lactiferous ducts.
Mastectomy
Health care; Women’s health
Surgery to remove the breast, or as much of the breast tissue as possible.
Milk-ejection reflex
Health care; Women’s health
A conditioned reflex ejecting milk from the alveoli through the ducts to the sinuses of the breast and the nipple.
Colonoscopy
Health care; Women’s health
A diagnostic procedure in which a flexible tube with a light source in inserted into the colon (large intestine or large bowel) through the anus to view all sections of the colon for abnormalities.
Galactosemia
Health care; Women’s health
A condition where the body is not able to process galactose (a sugar), which makes up half of the sugar (called lactose) found in milk. When galactose levels become high, body organs and the central ...
Mastitis
Health care; Women’s health
A condition that occurs mostly in breastfeeding women, causing a hard spot on the breast that can be sore or uncomfortable. It is caused by infection from bacteria that enters the breast through a ...
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