Session 13: Birth, Age, Change

Question 1

geron

Answer 1

old man

Question 2

geriatric

Answer 2

referring to the elderly

Question 3

gerontology

Answer 3

study of diseases of the elderly

Question 4

nato-

Answer 4

birth

Question 5

neonatal

Answer 5

first month after birth (humans)

Question 6

prenatal

Answer 6

occurring before birth

Question 7

senilo-

Answer 7

old

Question 8

senility

Answer 8

mental deterioration in old age

Question 9

pedo-

Answer 9

child

Question 10

pediatrics

Answer 10

branch of medicine dealing with children until adolescence

Question 11

paleo-

Answer 11

old

Question 12

paleopathology

Answer 12

study of disease in prehistoric times

Question 13

-cyesis

Answer 13

pregnancy

Question 14

pseudocyesis

Answer 14

false pregnancy

Question 15

embryon

Answer 15

embryo

Question 16

embryo

Answer 16

developing baby, after long axis is present until major structures (recognizable feet) appear

Question 17

feto-

Answer 17

fetus

Question 18

fetus

Answer 18

developing baby after major structures (feet) are recognizable

Question 19

gestare

Answer 19

to bear

Question 20

gestation

Answer 20

time of fertilization until birth

Question 21

gravidus

Answer 21

preganant

Question 22

gravid

Answer 22

pregnant, full of fertilized eggs

Question 23

primigravid

Answer 23

first pregnancy

Question 24

obstetro-

Answer 24

midwife

Question 25

obstetrics

Answer 25

branch of medicine dealing with women from fertilization to recovery from childbirth

Question 26

obstetrician

Answer 26

specialist in pregnancy and its recovery period

Question 27

-para/-parous

Answer 27

to bring forth

Question 28

primipara

Answer 28

first pregnancy

Question 29

multiparous

Answer 29

releasing more than one egg at a time

Question 30

-partum

Answer 30

birth

Question 31

parturition

Answer 31

act of giving birth

Question 32

post-partum

Answer 32

after giving birth

Question 33

sterilo-

Answer 33

barren

Question 34

sterility

Answer 34

inability to produce offspring

Question 35

teras/teratos

Answer 35

monster

Question 36

teratoma

Answer 36

a tumor that contains cells from all 3 embryonic layers

Question 37

teratogenic

Answer 37

producing monsters (anomalies)

Question 38

toco

Answer 38

birth

Question 39

oxytocin

Answer 39

hormone that causes contraction of the uterus and letdown of milk

Question 40

tocolysis

Answer 40

stopping the birth process

Question 41

uterus

Answer 41

womb

Question 42

uteropecy

Answer 42

tying down a moveable uterus

Question 43

uterotomy

Answer 43

caesarian section, cutting open the uterus

Question 44

amoiba

Answer 44

change

Question 45

amoeba

Answer 45

protozoa that readily changes shape

Question 46

divertere

Answer 46

diverge, change directions

Question 47

diverticulum

Answer 47

a pouch off of a hollow organ like the intestines

Question 48

meta-

Answer 48

change, after

Question 49

metamorphosis

Answer 49

a developmental change in body form as in frog and insects

Question 50

metaplasia

Answer 50

transformation of one type of tissue into another type

Question 51

tropos

Answer 51

turn on

Question 52

thyrotropic

Answer 52

stimulating the thyroid gland

Question 53

mammotropic

Answer 53

stimulating the mammary gland