Ch. 15 Obstetric Diagnostic Terms

Question 1

abortion (AB)

Answer 1

expulsion of the products of conception before the fetus is viable

Question 2

spontaneous abortion (SAB)

Answer 2

miscarriage

Question 3

habitual abortion

Answer 3

spontaneous abortions in 3 or more consecutive pregnancies

Question 4

incomplete abortion

Answer 4

incomplete expulsion of the products of conception

Question 5

missed abortion

Answer 5

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

Question 6

threatened abortion

Answer 6

bleeding with the threat of miscarriage

Question 7

cephlopelvic disproportion (CPD)

Answer 7

condition preventing normal delivery; either the baby’s head is too large or the birth canal is too small

Question 8

eclampsia; pregnancy-induced hypertension

Answer 8

true toxemia of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria, edema of the legs and feet, and puffiness of the face, without convulsion or coma

Question 9

ectopic pregnancy

Answer 9

implantation of the fertilized egg outside of the uterine cavity, often in the tube or ovary

Question 10

erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer 10

fetus with Rh+ blood and mother with Rh- blood; blood transfusion necessary to save the fetus

Question 11

hyperemesis gravidarum

Answer 11

severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (emesis = vomit)

Question 12

meconium aspiration

Answer 12

fetal aspiration of amniotic fluid containing meconium

Question 13

placenta previa

Answer 13

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

Question 14

abrupto placentae

Answer 14

premature detachment of a normally situated placenta