Chapter 17 Obstetrics And Human Development

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before

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ante-

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small

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micro-

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many

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multi-

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none

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nulli-

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after

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post-

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amnion, or amniotic fluid

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amni, amnion

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membrane, chorion

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chori

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pregnancy

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cyes, cyesi

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embryo

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embry

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fetus

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fet

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old age

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ger, geront

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pregnancy

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gravid, gravidar

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milk

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lact

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birth

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nat

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midwife, prenatal development

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obstetr

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umbilicus

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omphal

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parturtition or labor

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par, part

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child

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ped, pediatr

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pelvis, washbasin

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pelv

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old age

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presby

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first

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prim

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false

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pseud

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childbirth

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puerper

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birth, labor

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toc

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to loosen

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-lytic

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rupture

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-rrhexis

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birth, labor

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-tocia

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period of life between the start of puberty and attainment of complete height

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adolescence

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period of life between attainment of complete height and moment of death

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adulthood

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occuring before childbirth

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antepartum

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period of life between infancy and puberty

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childhood

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a pregnant woman

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gravida

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pertaining to pregnancy and perperium

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gravidopuerperal

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the period of life between birth and the first year or two of life

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infancy

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occuring during labor and childbirth

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intrapartum

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a pregnant woman who has been previously pregnant one or more times

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multigravida

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a woman who has given birth to an infant (dead or alive) two or more times

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multipara

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pertaining to birth

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natal

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the period of life between birth and 28 days

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neonate

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a woman who has never been pregnant

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nulligravida

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a woman who has not given birth to an infant either alive or dead

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nullipara

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a woman who has given birth to an infant, either dead or alive

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para

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period of life between the moment of birth and the moment of death

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postnatal development

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occuring after childbirth

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postpartum

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a womans state between conception and birth

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pregnancy

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an infant born before reaching 37 weeks of prenantal development

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premature infant

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period of life between conception and birth

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prenatal development

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a woman in her first pregnancy

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primigravida

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a woman who has given birth to one infant, dead or alive

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primipara

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a woman who has just given birth

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puerpera

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adjective meaning pertaining to the period after peerperium

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puerperal

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period of the mother's life from the termination of labor to the return to the state of having a reproductively capable uterus

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puerperium

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the process of state or aging

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senescence

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a third of the period of pregnancy with a duration of approximately three months, or thirteen and one third weeks

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trimester

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the embryonic and fetal membrane that encloses the embryo and fetus and is filled with a watery fluid called amniotic fluid

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amnion

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pregnancy

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cyesis

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the outer embryonic membrane that forms the fetal side of the placenta

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chorion

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the devloping human from the second day after conception until the eighth week

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embryo

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adjective meaning producing an embryo

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embryogenic

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the developing human from the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth

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fetus

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adjective meaning producing milk

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lactogenic

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the event of childbirth

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parturition

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the moment of fertilization or union or a male and female gamete

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conception

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the process of expulsion of the fetus and placenta from the uterus

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labor

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vaginal discharge that normally follows childbirth

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lochia

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the first stool of a newborn

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meconium

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the organ that provides an exchange of materials between the mother and the fetus

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placenta

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composed of the capillary walls, basement membrane, and chorion, divides the mother's blood from the fetal blood supply

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placental blood barrier

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the physical, mental, and emotional changes that occur during the period of adolescence

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puberty

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he cord-like connection that extends between the fetal side of the placenta and the fetus, including an artery and vein that carry materials between the mother and fetus

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umbilical cord

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the cell resulting from the union of a male sperm with a female ovum

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zygote

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abnormal discharge of amniotic fluid

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amniorrhea

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difficult labor

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dystocia

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severe nasuea and emesis during pregnancy

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hyperemesis gravidara

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an abnormal spontaneous discharge of milk

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lactorrhea

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excessive amniotic fluid

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polyhydramnios

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a false pregnancy

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pseudocyesis

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termination of pregnancy by expulsion of the embryo or fetus from the uterus

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abortion

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premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall

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abruptio placentae

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inflammation of the amnion

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amnionitis

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rupture of the amnion

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amniorrhexis

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abnormal childbirth in which the buttocks, feet, or knees emerge first

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breech birth

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progressive obliteration of the cervical canal during labor

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cervical effacement

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inflammation of the chorion and amnion

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chorioamnionitis

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cancer of the chorion

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choriocarcinoma

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congenital abnormality in which the roof of the mouth fails to close during prenatal development leaving a fissure

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cleft palate

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an abnormality present at birth

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congenital anomaly

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congenital disorder caused by genetic defect in choromosome 21

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Down syndrome

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a condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma, during pregnancy, which may follow preeclampsia

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eclampsia

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a pregnancy occuring outside of the uterus

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ectopic pregnancy

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expulsion or abortion of the embryo

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embryotocia

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a condition of newborns in which red blood cells are destroyed due to an incompatibility between the mother's blood and baby's blood

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erythroblastosis fetalis

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congenital absence of part of the esophagus resulting in the inability of food to pass between the child's mouth and stomach

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esophageal atresia

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a condtion caused by alcohol ingestion during pregnancy

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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disease of newborns where certain cells of the lungs fail to mature by birth

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hyaline membrane disease

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rupture of the uterus

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hysterorrhexis

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congenital abnormality of a small head

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microcephaly

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inflammation of the umbilicus

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omphalitis

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congenital herniation at the umbilicus in which a segment of the small intestine pushes through the abdominal wall

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omphalocele

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abnormal attatchment of the placenta

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placenta previa

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an abnormal development of high blood pressure due to toxemia during pregnancy

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preeclampsia

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an acute disease caused by the rebella virus, causing prenatal development

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rubella

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an abnormal pregnancy in which the embryo has implanted within the fallopian tube

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salpingocyesis

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a congenital defect of the certerbral column resulting from an absence of the vertebral arches

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spina bifida

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caused by bacterium toxoplasma gondii, this disease can cross the placental blood barrier to infect the fetus

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toxoplasmosis

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a drug that induces abortion

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abortifacient

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surgical puncture through the amnion and aspiration of a small amount of amniotic fluid for the purpose of analyzing the fluid for possible fetal abnormalities

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amniocentesis

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x ray imaging of the amnion after the injection of a contrast medium

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amniography

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examination of amniotic fluid and the fetus with an endoscope

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amnioscopy

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incision through the amnion which ruptures the membrane as an inducement to labor

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amniotomy

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surgical delivery by making an incision through the abdomen and uterus

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cesarean section

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study of embryonic development

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embryology

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incision through the perineum often during labor to prevent its tearing

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episiotomy

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measurement of the size of the fetus

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fetometry

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the medical discipline concerned with old age

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geriatrics

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a physician practicing in the feild of gerontology

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gerontologist

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the medical discipline concerned with the effects of aging

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gerontology

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ultrasound imaging of the pregnant uterus to observe fetal developmetn

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obstetrical sonography

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a physician practicing in the feild of obstetrics

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obstetrician

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the medical discipline concerned with prenatal development

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obstetrics

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a physician practicing in the feild of pediatrics

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pediatrician

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the medical discipline concerned with infancy, childhood, and adolescence

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pediatrics

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measurement of a mother's pelvis to determine the potential size of the birth canal

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pelvimetry

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a drug administered to pregnant women for a breif period during the 1950's that has been shown to cause dramatic birth defects

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thalidomide

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termination of pregnancy by artifically induced expulsion of the fetus from the uterus by means of surgery or drugs

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therapeutic abortion

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a drug used to stop labor contractions

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tocolytic agent