Med Terms unit 9- neonatology Flashcards
1
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ED
A
emergency department
2
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ER
A
emergency room
3
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ICU
A
intensive care unit
4
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What is the meaning of the abbreviation CNA?
A
Certified nursing assistant
5
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What is the abbreviation for obstetrics
A
OB
6
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OPD
A
Outpatient department
7
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OR
A
operating room
8
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Peds
A
pediatrics
9
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GTPAL
A
total pregnancies
10
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gravida
A
pregnant woman
11
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G
A
gravida
12
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P
A
para
13
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G/P
A
early birth
14
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due date, estimated date of confinement
A
EDC
15
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LMP
A
Last menstrual period
16
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BOW
A
Bag of waters
17
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C/S, C-section
A
cesarean section
18
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newborn
A
NB
19
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p/o, PO
A
postoperative
20
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aminocentesis
A
done to test the fetal membrane or amniotic fluid that surrounds the unborn child by surgically puncturing and removing this fluid.
21
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amniatic fluid
A
fluid that surrounds the unborn child
22
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cephal/o
A
head
23
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fet/i, fet/o
A
fetus
24
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gravid/o
A
pregnancy
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embry/o
embryo
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embryo
first two months of gestation
27
fetus
unborn baby
28
milk
lact/o
29
nat/o
birth
30
umbilic/o
umbilicus, umbilical, naval
31
par/o
bear, to give birth, labor
32
prim/i
first
33
pseud/o
false
34
microcephalic
small head
35
multipara
to give births multiple times
36
nullipara
to give birth no times
37
postnatal care
after delivery
38
prenatal care
before birth of child
39
peri-
surrounding
40
dystocia
difficult labor
41
Postpartum
time after childbirth
42
-rrhexis
to rupture
43
GTPAL
gravida, term births, preterm births, abortions, living children
