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Pregnancy
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Gravidity
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The number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached 20 weeks of gestation, not the number of fetuses born. The numeric designation is not affected by whether the fetus is born alive or is still born.
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Parity
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A woman who is pregnant
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Gravida
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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 completed a pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses beyond 20 weeks of gestation.
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Nullipara
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A woman who is pregnant for the first time
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Primigravida
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A woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached 20 weeks of gestation or more.
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Primipara
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A woman who has had two or more pregnancies
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Mulitgravida
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A woman who has completed 2 or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more
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Multipara
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Capacity to live outside the uterus, occurring about 2-25 weeks of gestation
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Viability
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Designation given to a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but before completion of 37 weeks of gestation.
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Preterm
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Designation given to a pregnancy from the beginning of the 38th week of gestation to the end of the 42 week of gestation
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Term
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______ Designation given to a pregnancy that goes beyond 42 weeks of gestation
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Postdate
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The designation _______ may also be given to refer to such a pregnancy
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post term
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The biologic marker on which pregnancy test are based. It presence in urine or serum results in a positive pregnancy test result
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Human chronic gonadotropin (hCG)
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Pregnancy-related changes felt by the woman
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Presumptive changes
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Pregnancy-related changes that can be observed by an examiner
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Probable changes
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Signs that can be attributed only to the presence of the fetus
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Positive changes
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Uterine contractions that can be felt through the abdominal wall soon after the 4th month of pregnancy
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Braxton-hicks contractions
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A rushing or blowing sound of maternal blood flow through the uterine arteries to the placenta that is synchronous with the maternal pulse.
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Uterine souffle
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sound of fetal blood coursing through the umbilical cord; it is synchronous with the fetal heart rate
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Funic souffle
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Fetal movement first felt by the pregnant woman at 16-18 weeks of gestation
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Quickening
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Change in blood pressure as a result of compression of abdominal blood vessels and decrease in cardiac output when a woman lies down on her back
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Supine hypotensive syndrome
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itching of the skin that occurs during pregnancy
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Pruritus geavidarum
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nonfood cravings for substances such as ice, clay, and laundry starch
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Pica
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Menstrual bleeding no longer occurs
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Amenorrhea
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Fundal height decreased, fetal head in pelvic inlet
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Lightening
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Cervix and vagina violet-bluish in color
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Chadwick's sign
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Swelling of ankles and feet at the end of the day
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Physiologic/ dependent edema
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cervical tip softened
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Goodell"s sign
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Lower uterine segment is soft and compressible
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Hegar"s sign
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Fetal head rebounds with gentle upward tapping through the vagina
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Ballottement
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White or slightly gray mucoid vaginal discharge with faint, musty odor
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Leukorrhea
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Enlarged sebaceous glands in areola on both breast
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Montgomery"s tubercles
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Plug of mucus fills endocervical canal
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Operculum
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Pink stretch marks or depressed streaks on breast and abdomen
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Striae gravidarum
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Thick, creamy yellowish fluid expressed from nipples
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Colostrum
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Cheeks, nose, and forehead blotchy, brownish hyperpigmentation
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Chloasma (mask of pregnancy; facial melasma)
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pigmented line extending up abdominal midline
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Linea nigra
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varicosities around the anus
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Hemorrhoids
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heartburn experienced after supper
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Pyrosis
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Lumbosacral curve accentuated
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Lordosis
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Paresthesia and pain in right hand radiating to elbow
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
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Spotting following cervical palpation or intercourse
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Friability
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Hematocrit decreased to 36% and hemoglobin to 11g/dl
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Physiologic anemia
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Vascular spiders on neck and thorax
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Angiomas
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Palms pinkish red, mottled
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Palmar erythema
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Abdominal wall muscles separated
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Diatasis recti abdominis
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Red raised nodule on gums; bleeds after bruising teeth
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Epulis (gingival granuloma gravidarum)
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