Obstetrics diagnostic terms

Question 1

mother has had three or more consecutive miscarriage

Answer 1

habitual abortion

Question 2

mother has symptoms of upcoming abortion

Answer 2

threatened abortion

Question 3

mother lost the baby but not the placenta

Answer 3

incomplete abortion

Question 4

fetus has died but not aborted

Answer 4

missed abortion

Question 5

abortion with fever

Answer 5

septic abortion

Question 6

baby is developing somewhere else

Answer 6

ectopic pregnancy

Question 7

too much vomiting during pregnancy

Answer 7

hyperemesis gravidarum

Question 8

due to hypertension, convulsion, kidneys fail, edema, or coma

Answer 8

eclampsia

Question 9

not enough fluid in amniotic sac

Answer 9

oligohydramnios

Question 10

premature detachment of placenta

Answer 10

placenta abruptio/ablatio

Question 11

placenta covers the opening of cervix

Answer 11

placenta previa

Question 12

too much fluid in amniotic sac

Answer 12

polyhydramnios

Question 13

bunch of cyst in the uterus

Answer 13

hydatidiform mole

Question 14

one of the blood vessels in the umbilical region has ruptured

Answer 14

uteroplacental apoplexy

Question 15

fetus is not getting oxygen

Answer 15

fetal anoxia

Question 16

complication of labor

Answer 16

fetal distress

Question 17

blood is being destroyed

Answer 17

fetal hemolytic disease

Question 18

cord is coming out first

Answer 18

prolapse of cord

Question 19

newborn is lacking oxygen

Answer 19

asphyxia neonatorum

Question 20

baby’s lungs did not inflate

Answer 20

atelectasis neonatorum

Question 21

breakdown of RBCs in fetus

Answer 21

erythroblastosis fetalis (EBF)

Question 22

enlarged head

Answer 22

hydrocephalus

Question 23

too much bilirubin

Answer 23

hyperbilirubinemia

Question 24

too much bilirubin causes brain damage

Answer 24

kernictus

Question 25

lungs are not developed enough

Answer 25

hyaline membrane disease

Question 26

born with missing arms or legs

Answer 26

phocomelia

Question 27

baby has enlarged breast

Answer 27

gynecomastia

Question 28

retina of baby is destroyed by too much oxygen

Answer 28

retrolental fibroplasia(RLF)

Question 29

protrusion in umbilical region

Answer 29

umbilical hernia

Question 30

intestine is protruding to the abdomen

Answer 30

omphalocele