WHO InternatIOnal Standard termInOlOgIeS On tradItIOnal medIcIne

WHO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES ON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION 185Code Term Chinese Definition/Description3.3.3 annual menstruation 避 年menstruation occurring once a year, but causing nosymptoms3.3.4 five unwomanlinesses 五 不 女 five forms of female infertility3.3.5menstruation duringpregnancy激 經 ; 垢 胎regular menstruation during early pregnancy, whichstops spontaneously when the fetus is fully developed3.3.6 labor 臨 産3.3.7 testing labor 試 胎 ; 試 月3.3.8 false labor 弄 胎the process of giving birth to offspring, including theexpulsion of the fetus, placenta and membranes fromthe uterus through the vaginaabdominal pain that occurs for a short time and thenstops, occurring during the eighth or ninth month ofpregnancyintermittent abdominal pain that occurs toward theend of the term of pregnancy without backache, alsoknown as agitated fetus3.3.9early leakage ofamniotic fluid試 水the condition characterized by leakage of the amnioticfluid which is not followed by childbirth3.3.10 injured labor 傷 産 premature delivery due to traumatic injury3.3.11 puerperium 産 褥3.3.12 menstrual disease 月 經 病the period between childbirth and the return of theuterus to its normal conditiona collective term for diseases characterized byabnormal interval, duration, quantity, color, qualityof menses, non-physiological stoppage, as wellas manifest symptoms with the periods or aroundmenopause, the same as emmeniopathy3.3.13menstrualirregularities月 經 不 調a general term for irregular menstruation and othermenstrual complaints, such as abnormal duration,amount, color and quality of menstrual discharge3.3.14advancedmenstruation月 經 先 期 ;經 行 先 期 ;經 早periods that come one week or more ahead of duetime, for more than two successive periods3.3.15 delayed menstruation月 經 後 期 ;經 行 後 期 ;經 遲periods that come one week or more after due time,for more than two successive periods