Gynecology
The field of medicine that focuses on the care of the female reproductive system.

Hemorrhage
Excessive bleeding.

High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL)
Moderate to severe Dysplasia, most always requiring treatment.

Human papillomavirus (HPV)
One of the most commonly sexually transmitted infections, affecting about eighty percent of all adults at one time or another by the age of fifty. HPV includes more then 100 types, about thirty percent of which are transmitted through sexual intercourse or intimate skin-to-skin contact.

Hysterectomy
A surgical procedure in which the uterus is removed, often including the cervix.

Hysteroscope
An instrument used to magnify and directly examine the uterine cavity.

Hysteroscopy
Minor surgery that uses a hysteroscope to inspect the cavity of the uterus which evaluates and/ or determines the cause of infertility, repeated miscarriages, or to locate polyps and fibroids.

Immune System
The body's defense against disease, infection, etc. consisting of antibodies and other "soldier" cells.