Obstetrics and Neonatology

Question 1

CNA

Answer 1

certified nursing assistant

Question 2

ED, ER

Answer 2

emergency department, room

Question 3

ICU

Answer 3

intensive care unit

Question 4

OB

Answer 4

obstetrics

Question 5

OPD

Answer 5

outpatient department

Question 6

OR

Answer 6

operating room

Question 7

Peds

Answer 7

pediatrics

Question 8

GTPAL

Answer 8

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

Question 9

gravida

Answer 9

total number of pregnancies

Question 10

G/P

Answer 10

gravida/para

Question 11

para

Answer 11

births

Question 12

EDC

Answer 12

estimated date of confinement; due date

Question 13

LMP

Answer 13

last menstrual cycle

Question 14

BOW

Answer 14

bag of waters

Question 15

C/S, C-section

Answer 15

cesarean section (caesarean section)

Question 16

NB

Answer 16

newborn

Question 17

p/o, PO

Answer 17

post-operative, postoperative

Question 18

amni/o

Answer 18

fetal membrane

Question 19

amniocentesis

Answer 19

surgical puncture to remove fetal membrane for diagnostic purposes

Question 20

cephal/o

Answer 20

head

Question 21

fet/i, fet/o

Answer 21

fetus; unborn child

Question 22

gravid/o

Answer 22

pregnancy

Question 23

embry/o

Answer 23

embryo (first two months of gestation)

Question 24

lact/o

Answer 24

milk

Question 25

nat/o

Answer 25

birth

Question 26

umbilic/o

Answer 26

belly button, navel

Question 27

par/o

Answer 27

give birth to, labor

Question 28

prim/i

Answer 28

first

Question 29

pseud/o

Answer 29

false

Question 30

micro-

Answer 30

small

Question 31

multi-

Answer 31

many

Question 32

nulli-

Answer 32

none

Question 33

post-

Answer 33

after

Question 34

pre-

Answer 34

before

Question 35

peri-

Answer 35

around, surrounding

Question 36

dystocia

Answer 36

difficult labor

Question 37

-partum

Answer 37

childbirth, labor

Question 38

-rrhexis

Answer 38

labor