| AMWA | American Medical Women's Association; American Medical Writers' Association |
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| HTDW | heterosexual development of women |
| SFW | sexual function of women; shell fragment wound; slow-filling wave |
| WIC | walk-in clinic; women, infants, and children |
| WOU | women's outpatient unit |
| menstrual sclerosis | A slowly progressive sclerosis in the walls of the ovarian arteries which commences after puberty. Synonym: menstrual sclerosis, ovulational sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| physicians, women | Women licensed to practice medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| women | Of Woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| women's health | The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women. (12 Dec 1998) |
| women's health services | Organised services to provide health care to women. It excludes maternal care services for which maternal health services is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| women's rights | The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society. (12 Dec 1998) |
| women, working | Women who are engaged in gainful activities usually outside the home. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sexually transmitted diseases in women | Gonorrhoea and chlamydia are bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (stds) frequently found together. Gonorrhoea is not transmitted from toilet seats. Women infected with it may not have any symptoms but can end up later with severe pelvic infection. Early syphilis causes a mouth or genital ulcer (chancre) and later can cause hair loss, headaches, sore throat, and skin rash. Even later, syphilis can lead to heart and brain damage. Genital herpes is a viral infection that can cause painful genital sores. Genital warts are caused by viruses and can increase a woman's risk for cancer of the cervix. Aids is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Hepatitis b is a virus that causes liver inflammation and can lead to cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. Hepatitis b can now be prevented with a vaccine. There is no safe sex. Condoms do not necessarily prevent stds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stds in women | See Sexually transmitted diseases in women. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dentists, women | Female dentists. (12 Dec 1998) |