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Week 2 Terms-Spring
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrocyanosis | Peripheral cyanosis; blue color of hands and feet in most infants and persist for seven to ten days |
| Caput Succedaneum | Swelling of the tissue over the presenting part of the head caused by pressure during labor |
| Cephalhematoma | A subcutaneous swelling containing blood, often found in the head of baby several days after birth (disappears in 2-3 months) |
| Colustrum | Secretion from the breast before the onset of true lactation two or three days after delivery "liquid gold) |
| Engorgement | Vascular congestion; distension |
| Erythema Toxicum Neonatorum | A benign self-limited occurrence of firm yellow-white papules |
| Fontanel | An unossified space or soft spot lying between the cranial bons of the skull of a fetus |
| Hyperbilirubinemia | Elevation of unconjugated serum bilirubin concentrations |
| Icterus Neonatorum | Jaundice in the newborm |
| Involution | Turning or rolling inward and the reduction i size of the uterus and other organ following delivery |
| Kernicterus | Accumulation of indirect bilirubin in brain cells causing cell destruction which may results in death or impaired intellectual functioning |
| Lanugo | Downy, fine hair characteristic of the fetus between 20 weeks gestation and birth |
| Lochia (alba) | The whitish or yellowish flow that takes place 10-21 days after delivery |
| Lochia (rubra) | The sanguineous flow of the 1-3 days after delivery |
| LGA Neonate | Large for gestational age |
| Milia | (plural of milium)white pin-head size, keratin filled cyst |
| Molding | Shaping of the fetal head; adapting itself to the pelvic inlet |
| Mongolian Spots | A slate-gray area of pigment on the skin of the neonate which fades gradually over time |
| Parere | To bear (ti give birth) |
| Physiologic Jaundice | Yellow discoloration of the body tissues caused by the deposits of bile pigment |
| Puerperium | The period of 6 weeks following childbirth and expulsion of the placenta and membranes |
| SGA Neonate | Small for gestational age |
| Subconjunctival Hemorrhage | Red spot on sclera as a result of pressure during delivery that causes rupture of a small capillary in the eye |
| Sutures | Line of union in a inmovable articulation as those between the skull bones |
| Vernix Caseosa | Protective gray-white fatty substance of cheesy consistency covering the fetal skin |
| Lochia (serosa) | The serosanquinous discharge taking place about the third to tenth day of delivery |
| Postpartum Period | From delivery until involution completed |
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