Unit 9 Obstetrics and Neonatology

Question 1

CNA

Answer 1

certified nursing assistant

Question 2

ED, ER

Answer 2

emergency department, emergency room

Question 3

ICU

Answer 3

intensive care unit

Question 4

OB

Answer 4

obstrics

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, abortion, 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 menstral period

Question 14

BOW

Answer 14

bags of waters

Question 15

C/S, c-section

Answer 15

cesarean section

Question 16

NB

Answer 16

newborn

Question 17

PO, p/o

Answer 17

post operative

Question 18

amni/o

Answer 18

fetal membrane

Question 19

amniocentesis

Answer 19

surgical puncture to remove fetal membrane for diagnostic reasons

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, naval

Question 27

par/o

Answer 27

give birth to

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

child birth, labor

Question 38

-rrhexis

Answer 38

rupture