Consider the following excerpt from a clinician’s notes following completion of a gynecologic examination, then provide the meaning of medical terms.

Patient is a 45-year-old female experiencing dysmenorrhea with excessive flow and leukorrhea between periods. D & C failed to relieve symptoms. PAP smear showed cellular abnormalities, and cell culture grew HPV .

a. dysmenorrhea
b. eukorrhea
c. D & C
d. PAP smear
e. HPV


A. Painful menstrual flow
B. White discharge
C. Dilation and curettage: dilation of the cervix and scraping of the inner uterus
D. Microscopic evaluation of cervical scrapings
E. Human papilloma virus (the virus that causes genital warts and is implicated as a causative agent for many cervical cancers)

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What will be an ideal response?

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