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| miscarriage | The expulsion of a baby from the mother’s body before week 20 of pregnancy |
| stillbirth | Loss of fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy |
| premature | Babies that are born before 37 weeks of development and weigh less that 5 pounds 8 ounces at birth |
| low birth weight | Babies who weigh less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces at birth |
| abstinence | Avoiding sexual activity completely |
| teen sexuality | A person’s self-concept as a male or female linked with physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development |
| sexually transmitted disease | Infectious illnesses that are passed primarily through sexual contact, also know as sexually transmitted infection |
| Chlamydia | A sexually transmitted disease, the most common in developed countries, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Often producing no symptoms, it can cause infertility, chronic pain, or a tubal pregnancy if left untreated. |
| gonorrhea | A sexually transmitted bacterial disease caused by a gonococcus bacterium that causes inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, burning pain when urinating, and a discharge |
| syphilis | A serious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirally twisted bacterium Treponema pallidum that affects many body organs and parts, including the genitals, brain, skin, and nervous tissue |
| herpes | A viral infection causing small painful blisters and inflammation, most commonly at the junction of skin and mucous membrane in the mouth or nose or in the genitals |
| genital warts | A knotty lump which grows on the external sexual organs |
| HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) | An infectious agent that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) which breaks down a person’s immune system |
