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Ob and Neo Ch 9
obstetric surgical terms and complementary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| incision into the amnion | amniotomy |
| incision of the vulva, sometimes performed during delivery | episiotomy (perineotomy) |
| pertaining to the pelvis, process of recording sound | pelvic sonography |
| surgical puncture ot aspirate amniotic fluid | amniocentesis |
| instrument used for visual examination of amniotic fluid | amnioscope |
| visual examination of amniotic fluid | amnioscopy |
| pertaining to the amnion and chrion | aminochorial |
| discharge of amniotic fluid | amniorrhea |
| rupture of the amnion | amniorrhexis |
| before childbirth | antepartum |
| producing an embryo | embryogenic |
| resembling an embryo | embryoid |
| pertaining to the fetus | fetal |
| pregnant | gravida |
| pertaining to pregnancy and childbirth | gravidopuerperal |
| within labor and childbirth | intrapatum |
| pertaining to milk | lactic |
| producing milk | lactogenic |
| discharge of milk | lactorrhea |
| many pregnancies | multigravida |
| many births | multipara |
| pertaining to birth | natal |
| new birth | neonate |
| physician who studies and treats disorders of the newborn | neonatologist |
| study of the newborn | neonatology |
| no pregnancies | nulligravida |
| no births | nullipara |
| birth | para |
| pertaining to after birth | postnatal |
| after childbrith | postpartum |
| pretaining to befroe birth | prenatal |
| first pregnancy | primigravida |
| first birth | primipar |
| false pregnancy | pseudocyesis |
| childbirth | puerpera |
| pertaining to childbirth | puerperal |
| any agent producing malformation | teratogen |
| producing malformations | teratogenic |
| study of malformations | teratology |
| parturition (act of giving birth) in which the buttocks, feet, or knes emerge first | breech presentation |
| parturition in which any part of the head emerges first | cephalic presentation |
| the birth of a baby through an incision in the mothers abdomen and urterus | cesarean section (CS, C-section) caesarean |
| thin, milky fluid secreted by the breast during pregrancy and during the first days after birth | congenital anomaly |
| method of fertilizing human ova outside the body | in vitro fertilization (IVF) |
| the secretion of milk | lactation |
| baginal dischage after childbirth | lochia |
| first stool of the newborn | meconium |
| an individual who practices midwifery | midwife |
| the practice of assisting in childbirth | midwifery |
| physician who specializes in obstetris | obstetrician |
| medical speciality dealing with pregancy childbrith, and puerperium | obstetrics (OB) |
| infant born before completing 37 weeks of gestation | premature infant (preterm infant) |
| the first feeling of movement of the fetus in utero by pregnant woman | quickening |
| born dead | stillborn |
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