Abscess: A confined pocket of pus that is collected in the tissues, organs, or other parts of the body.
Adenomyosis: A condition in which bits of the tissue that lines the uterus (endometrium) exist within and grows into the uterine wall.
Amenorrhoea: The absence of periods during the reproductive years.
Amniotic sac: A fluid-filled sac that contains and protects the fetus in the womb.
Amniotic fluid: The protective fluid contained inside the amniotic sac that supports fetus growth and nutrition transfer between the fetus and the mother.
Androgens: A group of hormones traditionally referred to as ‘male’, but which people of all genders have. Testosterone is an example of an androgen hormone.
Antibiotics: Medicines that are used to fight bacterial infections.
Anus: The opening at the end of the digestive tract, where stool leaves the body.
Anemia: Low number of red blood cells. In a routine blood test, anemia is reported as low hemoglobin or hematocrit.
Anovulatory cycle: A menstrual cycle in which ovulation did not take place, and therefore no progesterone was produced by the corpus luteum.
AtypicalHyperplasia: A non-cancerous condition where the cells in the breast increase in number and also develop an unusual change in shape.
