Unit 9 -Neonatology Flashcards
ED/ ER
Emergency department, Emergency room
ICU
Intensive care unit
OB
Obstetrics
OPD
Outpatient department
OR
Operation room
Peds
Pediatrics
GTPAL
Gravida, term births, preterm births, abortions, living children
Gravida
Total number of pregnancies
G/P
Gravida/para
Para
Births
EDC
Estimate date of confinement; due date
CNA
Certified nursing assistant
LMP
Last menstrual period
BOW
bag of water
C/S
cesarean section
NB
newborn
p/o, PO
post-operative
amni/o
fetal membrane
amniocentesis
surgical puncture to remove fetal membrane head
cephal/o
head
fet/i, fet/o
fetus; unborn child
gravid/o
pregnancy
embry/o
embryo (first two months of gestation)
lact/o
milk
nat/o
birth
umbilic/o
belly button
pat/o
give birth to labor
prim/i
first
pseud/o
false
micro-
small
multi-
many
nulli-
none
post-
after
pre-
before
peri-
around, surrounding
dystocia
difficult labor
-partum
childbirth, labor
-rrhexis
rupture