Med Terms unit 9- neonatology

Question 1

ED

Answer 1

emergency department

Question 2

ER

Answer 2

emergency room

Question 3

ICU

Answer 3

intensive care unit

Question 4

What is the meaning of the abbreviation CNA?

Answer 4

Certified nursing assistant

Question 5

What is the abbreviation for obstetrics

Answer 5

OB

Question 6

OPD

Answer 6

Outpatient department

Question 7

OR

Answer 7

operating room

Question 8

Peds

Answer 8

pediatrics

Question 9

GTPAL

Answer 9

total pregnancies

Question 10

gravida

Answer 10

pregnant woman

Question 11

G

Answer 11

gravida

Question 12

P

Answer 12

para

Question 13

G/P

Answer 13

early birth

Question 14

due date, estimated date of confinement

Answer 14

EDC

Question 15

LMP

Answer 15

Last menstrual period

Question 16

BOW

Answer 16

Bag of waters

Question 17

C/S, C-section

Answer 17

cesarean section

Question 18

newborn

Answer 18

NB

Question 19

p/o, PO

Answer 19

postoperative

Question 20

aminocentesis

Answer 20

done to test the fetal membrane or amniotic fluid that surrounds the unborn child by surgically puncturing and removing this fluid.

Question 21

amniatic fluid

Answer 21

fluid that surrounds the unborn child

Question 22

cephal/o

Answer 22

head

Question 23

fet/i, fet/o

Answer 23

fetus

Question 24

gravid/o

Answer 24

pregnancy

Question 25

embry/o

Answer 25

embryo

Question 26

embryo

Answer 26

first two months of gestation

Question 27

fetus

Answer 27

unborn baby

Question 28

milk

Answer 28

lact/o

Question 29

nat/o

Answer 29

birth

Question 30

umbilic/o

Answer 30

umbilicus, umbilical, naval

Question 31

par/o

Answer 31

bear, to give birth, labor

Question 32

prim/i

Answer 32

first

Question 33

pseud/o

Answer 33

false

Question 34

microcephalic

Answer 34

small head

Question 35

multipara

Answer 35

to give births multiple times

Question 36

nullipara

Answer 36

to give birth no times

Question 37

postnatal care

Answer 37

after delivery

Question 38

prenatal care

Answer 38

before birth of child

Question 39

peri-

Answer 39

surrounding

Question 40

dystocia

Answer 40

difficult labor

Question 41

Postpartum

Answer 41

time after childbirth

Question 42

-rrhexis

Answer 42

to rupture

Question 43

GTPAL

Answer 43

gravida, term births, preterm births, abortions, living children