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Ob and Neo Ch 9
obstetric surgical terms and complementary terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |