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Uterine: Prolapse of the uterus, usually due to the loss of supporting structures. It isrelated to injuries of childbirth, advanced age or congenital weakness.Pseudocyesis: False pregnancy, in which some of the signs and symptoms of pregnancyare present, although no conception has taken place.Puberty: The period between the beginning of the development of secondary sexualcharacteristics and the completion of somatic growth.Delayed: The lack of appearance of secondary sexual characteristics by age 14.Precocious: The appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before 7.5 years ofage.Puerperium: The period after delivery in which the reproductive tract returns to its normal,nonpregnant condition, generally 6-8 weeks.Quickening: The first perception by the mother of fetal movement, usually between the 16thand 20th week of gestation.Rectocele: Protrusion of the rectum through the supporting structures of the posteriorvaginal wall.Reflux, tubal: The retrograde flow of uterine or tubal contents into the abdominal cavity.Rhythm (periodic abstinence): A method of contraception in which coitus is avoided whenovulation is likely.Salpingectomy: Surgical removal of fallopian tube.Salpingooophorectomy: Surgical removal of a fallopian tube and ovary.Schiller test: The application of a solution of iodine to the cervix. The iodine is taken up bythe glycogen in normal vaginal epithelium, giving it a brown appearance. Areas lacking inglycogen are white or whitish yellow, as in leukoplakia or cancer. Although nonstaining areasare not diagnostic of cancer, they aid in choosing the spot to which a biopsy should bedirected.Secondary sexual characteristics: The physical changes that have occurred in response toendocrine changes during puberty.Semen analysis: The evaluation of the components of semen, especially spermatozoa, as ameans of evaluating male fertility.Sexual dysfunction: Sexual disinterest, unresponsiveness or aversion.Sexuality: The physiologic and psychologic expression of sexual behavior. The periods ofinfancy, adolescence, adulthood and the postclimacteric state each have characteristicmanifestations of sexuality.Sims-Huhner test (post coital test): A test for infertility in which cervical mucus is aspiratedafter coitus and examined for quality and presence or absence of infection. The motility,normality and number of sperm are noted.Skene glands: The vestibular glands that open into and around the urethra.Somatomammotropin, chorionic: See Lactogen, human placental.