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Female Reproductive System - Q – Obstetric Diagnostic Terms & A – Meaning

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abortion (AB)   expulsion of the products of conception before the fetus is viable (able to live outside the uterus)  
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spontaneous abortion (SAB)   miscarriage; naturally occurring expulsion of the products of conception  
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habitual abortion   spontaneous abortion occurring in three or more consecutive pregnancies  
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incomplete abortion   incomplete expulsion of the products of conception  
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missed abortion   death of a fetus or embryo within the uterus that is not naturally expelled after death  
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threatened abortion   bleeding with the threat of miscarriage  
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cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD)   condition preventing normal delivery through the birth canal; either the baby's head is too large or the birth canal is too small  
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eclampsia   true toxemia of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria, edema of the legs and feet, severe headaches, dizziness, convulsions, and coma  
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preeclampsia   toxemia of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria, edema of the legs and feet, and puffiness of the face, without convulsion or coma  
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ectopic pregnancy   implantation of the fertilized egg outside the uterine cavity, often in the tube or ovary, or, rarely, in the abdominal cavity  
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erythroblastosis fetalis   disorder that results from the incompatibility of a fetus with an Rh-positive blood factor and a mother with an Rh-negative blood factor, causing red blood cell destruction in the fetus; this condition necessitates a blood transfusion to save the fetus  
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Rh factor   presence, or lack, of antigens on the surface of red blood cells that may cause a reaction between the blood of the mother and the fetus, resulting in fetal anemia, which causes erythroblastosis fetalis  
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Rh positiver-āch poz′i-tiv   presence of antigens  
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Rh negative   absence of antigens  
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hyperemesis gravidarum   severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that can cause severe dehydration in the mother and fetus (emesis = vomit)  
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meconium aspiration   fetal aspiration of amniotic fluid containing meconium  
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placenta previa   displaced attachment of the placenta in the lower region of the uterine cavity  
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abruptio placentae   premature detachment of a normally situated placenta  
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