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Bonewit Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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Abortion | The termination of the pregnancy before the fetus reached the age of viability (20 weeks). |
Adnexal | Adjacent. |
Amenorrhea | The absence or cessation of the menstrual period. |
Atypical | Deviation from the normal. |
Braxton Hicks contractions | Intermittent and irregular painless uterine constraction that occur throughout pregnancy. |
Cervix | The lower narrow end of the uterus that opens into the vagina. |
Colposcopy | Examiniation of the cervix using a colposcope (a lighted instrument with a magnifying lens). |
Cytology | The science that deals with the study of cells, including their origin, structure, function, and pathology. |
Dilation (of the cervix) | The stretching of the external os from an opening a few millimeters wide to an opening large enough to allow the passage of an infant (approximately 10 cm). |
Dysmenorrhea | Pain associated with the menstrual period. |
Dyspareunia | Pain in the vagina or pelvis experienced by a woman during sexual intercourse. |
Dysplasia | The growth of abnormal cells. Dysplasia is a precancerous condition that may or may not develop into cancer. |
Ectocervix | The part of the cervix that projects into the vagina and is lined with stratified squamous epithelium. |
EDD | Expected date of delivery, or due date. |
Effacement | The thinning and shortening of the cervical canal from its normal length of 1 to 2 cm to a structure with paper-thin edges in which there is no canal at all. |
Embryo | The child in utero from the time of conception to the beginning of the first trimester. |
Endocervix | The mucous membrane lining the cervical canal. |
Engagement | The entrance of the fetal head or the presenting part into the pelvic inlet. |
Expected date of delivery (EDD) | Projected birth date of the infant. |
External os | The opening of the cervical canal of the uterus into te vagina. |
Fetal heart rate | The number of times per minute the fetal heart beats. |
Fetal heart tones | The sounds of the heartbeat of the fetus heard through the mother's abdominal wall. |
Fetus | The child in utero from the third month after conception to birth; during the first 2 months of development, it is called an embryo. |
Fundus | The dome-shaped upper portion of the uterus between the fallopian tubes. |
Gestation | The period of intrauterine development from conception to birth; the period of pregnancy. |
Gestational age | The age of the fetus between conception and birth. |
Gravidity | The total number of pregnancies a woman had had regardless of duration, including a current pregnancy. |
Gynecology | The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases of reproductive organs of women. |
Infant | A child from birth to 12 months of age. |
Internal os | The internal opening of the cervical canal into the uterus. |
Lochia | A discharge from the uterus after delivery that consists of blood, tissue, white blood cells, and some bacteria. |
Menopause | The permanent cessation of menstruation, which usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. |
Menorrhagia | Excessive bleeding during a menstrual period, in the number of days or the amount of blood or both. |
Metrorrhagia | Bleeding between menstrual periods. |
Multigravida | A woman who has been pregnant more than once. |
Multipara | A woman who had completed two or more pregnancies to te age of fetal viability regardless of whether they ended in live infants or stillbirths. |
Nullipara | A woman who has not carried a pregnancy to the point of fetal viability (20 weeks of gestation). |
Obstetrics | The branch of medicine concerned with the care of the woman during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartal period. |
Parity | The condition of having borne offspring regardless of the outcome. |
Perimenopause | Before the onset of menopause, the phase during which the woman with regular periods change to irregular cycles and increased periods of amenorrhea. |
Perineum | The external region between the vaginal orifice and the anus in a female and between the scrotum and the anus in a male. |
Position | The relation of presenting part of the fetus to the maternal pelvis. |
Postpartum | Occurring after childbirth. |
Preeclampsia | A major complication of pregnancy, the cause of which is unknown, characterized by increasing hypertension, albuminuria, and edema. |
Prenatal | Before birth. |
Presentation | Indication of the part of the fetus that is closest to the cervix and is delivered first. |
Preterm birth | Delivery occurring between 20 and 37 weeks of gestation regardless of whether the child was born alive or stillborn. |
Primigravida | A woman who is pregnant for the first time. |
Primipara | A woman who has carried a pregnancy to fetal viability (20 weeks of gestation) for the first time, regardless if whether the infant was stillborn or alive at birth. |
Puerperium | The period of time, usually 4 to 6 weeks after delivery, in which the uterus and the body systems are returning to normal. |
Quickening | The first movements of the fetus in utero as felt by the mother, which usually occurs between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation and is felt consistently there-after. |
Risk factor | Anything that increases an individual's chance of developing a disease. |
Term birth | Delivery occurring after 37 weeks of gestation regardless of whether the infant was born alive or stillborn. |
Toxemia | A condition that can occur in pregnant women that includes preeclampsia and eclampsia. |
Timester | Three months, or one third, of the gestational period of pregnancy. |
Vulva | The region of the external female genital organs. |