Fem Obstetrical Symp And Diag Terms

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gravida

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pregnant woman (G followed by number means how many pregnancies)

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nulligravida

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never having been pregnant

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primigravida

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first pregnancy

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para

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to bear; a woman that has one or more viable (living outside the uterus) offspring

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nullipara

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woman who has not borne a child (nulli = none; para = to bear)

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primipara

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first delivery (primi = first; para = to bear)

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multipara

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woman who has birthed two or more children

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cervical effacement

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progressive obliteration of the endocervical canal during delivery

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estimated date of confinement (EDC), estimated date of delivery (EDD)

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expected date for delivery of the baby: normally 280 days or 40 weeks from conception

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meconium staining

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presence of meconium in amniotic fluid

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ruptured membranes

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rupture of the amniotic sac, usually at the onset of labor

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macrosomia

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large-bodied baby commonly seen in diabetic pregnancies (macro = large; soma - body)

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polyhydramnios

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excessive amniotic fluid

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abortion (AB)

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expulsion of the produce of conception before the fetus can be viable (live outside the uterus)

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spontaneous abortion (SAB)

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miscarriage; expulsion of products of conception occuring naturally

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habitual abortion

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sponteneous abortion occuring in three or more consecutive pregnancies

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incomplete abortion

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incomplete expulsion of products of conception

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missed abortion

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death of a fetus or embryo within the uterus that is not naturally expelled after death

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threatened abortion

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bleeding with threat of miscarriage

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cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD)

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conditions 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

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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, pregnancy-induced hyptertension (PIH)

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implantation of the fertilized egg outside the uterine cavity, often in the tube, ovary or (rarely) the abdominal cavity

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erythroblastosis fetalis

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disorder that results from the incompatibility of a fetus with an Rh + blood factor and a mom that is Rh -, causing red blood cell destruction in the fetus, necessitates a blood transfusion to save the fetus

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Rh factor

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presence, or lack of antigens on the surface of red blood cells that may cause a reaction between the blood of the mother and fetus, resulting in fetal anemia (which causes erythroblastosis fetalis)

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Rh positive

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presence of antigens

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Rh negative

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absence of antigens

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hyperemesis gravidarum

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severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that can cause severe dehydration in the mother and fetus (emesis = vomit)

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meconium aspiration

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fetal aspiration of amniotic fluid containing meconium

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placenta previa

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displaced attachment of the placenta in the lower region of the uterine cavity

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abruptio placentae

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premature detachment of a normally situated placenta