OB DEFINITIONS

ABORTION AMNIOCENTESIS AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM APGAR SCORING BILIRUBIN CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM CARDINAL MOVEMENTS CEPHALHEMATOMA DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D&C) DYSTOCIA OF LABOR ECTOPIC PREGNANCY EDEMA EDEMATOUS EMERGENCY DELIVERY ERYTHOBLASTS GRANDMULTIPARA GRAVIDA HEMOLYSIS HORMONE HYDATIDIFORM MOLE HYDRAMNIOS HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUN HYPOGLYCEMIA HYPONATREMIA HYPOTHERMIA NEONATAL identical twins in utero ISCHIAL SPINES Termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable and capable of extra uterine existence. The withdrawal of amniotic fluid by insertion of a needle through The abdominal and the uterine wall. Accidental infusion of amniotic fluid into the mother's bloodstream under pressure from the contracting uterus. A method of evaluating the condition of a newborn. Yellow or orange pigment that is a breakdown product of hemoglobin. An abnormal collection of fluid under the scalp or on top of the skull that may or may not cross the suture lines. Movements made by the fetus during the first and second stage of labor. A collection of blood between a cranial bone and its overlying periosteum. Dilation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus. . Labor that is difficult which is due to mechanical and functional factors. Pregnancy that does not occupy the uterine cavity properly. Abnormal excessive fluid within the body tissues. Characterized by the presence of edema. Refers to an unplanned, non-delivery room, non-hospital birth which occurs as a result of precipitous labor, geographical distance from the hospital, or other cause for the unexpected delivery. An immature, inadequate form of red blood cells normally found only in the bone marrow. A woman who has had six or more births past the age of viability. A pregnant woman; refers to any pregnancy regardless of duration. A disruption of the integrity of the red cell membrane which causes the release of hemoglobin. A chemical substance produced in an organ, which, being carried to an associated organ by the bloodstream excites in the later organ a functional activity. An abnormal growth of a fertilized ovum. An excess of amniotic fluid. Severe nausea and vomiting that lasts beyond the fourth month of pregnancy. A deficiency of glucose in the blood. A deficiency of sodium in the blood. Refers to subnormal temperature Refers to the newborn infant or the first four weeks of life after birth. Twins developed from a single fertilized ovum; they are of the same sex. Within the uterus. Two relatively sharp bony projections protruding into the pelvic outlet from the Ischia bones that form the lower lateal border of the pelvis. It is used in determining the progress of the fetus down the birth canal. The major bony sitting support; important in measuring a transverse diameter of the pelvis. The portion of the uterus that joins the corpus to the cervix. The production of milk by the mammary glands. Vaginal discharge during the puerperium consisting of blood, tissue, and mucous.

ISCHIAL TUBEROSITIES ISTHMUS LACTATION LOCHIA FLOW

NPO NULLIGRAVIDI NULLIPARA OBSTETRICS OLIGURIA OPERATIVE OBSTETRICS PALPATION PARA PLACENTA PLACENTAL ABRUPTION PLACENTA PREVIA POLYCYTHEMIA POLYURIA POSTNATAL POSTPARTUM POST TERM PREGNANCY PRECIPITATE DELIVERY PRENATAL PRETERM LABOR PRIMIGRAVIDA PRIMIPARA PUERPERAL INFECTION TERM PREGNANCY THROMBOPHLEBITIS VARICOSE VEINS VARICOSITIES VIABILITY

Latin abbreviation, nil per os; nothing by mouth. A woman who has never been pregnant. A woman who has not delivered a child who reached viability. The branch of medicine concerned with the care of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartal period. Secretion of a diminished amount of urine in relation to the fluid intake. Refers to a number of special procedures (episiotomy, forceps delivery, cesarean section, induction of labor) which the physician may use to assist the patient in labor and delivery. Examination by touch or feel. A woman who has delivered a viable child (not necessarily living at birth) A specialized disk-shaped organ that connects the fetus to the uterine walls for gas and nutrient exchange; also referred to as the afterbirth Premature separation of a normally implanted placenta. A placenta that is implanted in the lower uterine segment so that it adjoins or covers the internal os of the cervix. An abnormal condition that is characterized by an excess of red blood cells. The passage of a large volume of urine in a given period. Occurring after birth. The period after childbirth, or after delivery. Pregnancy that goes beyond 42 weeks gestation. Refers to delivery which results after an unusually rapid labor (less than 3 hours) and culminates in the rapid, spontaneous expulsion of an infant. Before birth; also referred to as antepartal. Labor that occurs prior to 38 weeks gestation. A woman pregnant for the first time A woman who has delivered one child after the age of viability. Any infection of the reproductive tract during the first six weeks of postpartum. A gestation of 38 to 42 weeks. Inflammation or infection of pooled and clotted blood in a vein. Permanently distended veins. Refers to dilated, tortuous veins which result from incompetent values within those veins The capability of a fetus to survive outside the uterus at the earliest gestation age, approximately 22 to 23 weeks gestation