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CLA 131 Chapter 17
Obstetrics and Human Development
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Undergraduate 1
05/01/2008
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ante-
 Definition
before
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micro-
 Definition
small
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multi-
 Definition
many
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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post-
 Definition
after
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amni,amnion
 Definition
amnion or amniotic fluid
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chori
 Definition
membrane, chorion
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cyes, cyesi
 Definition
pregnancy
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embry
 Definition
embryo
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fet
 Definition
fetus
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ger, geront
 Definition
old age
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gravid, gravidar
 Definition
pregnancy
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lact
 Definition
milk
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nat
 Definition
birth
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obstetr
 Definition
midwife, prenatal development
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omphal
 Definition
umbilicus (navel)
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par, part
 Definition
partrution or labor
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ped, pediatr
 Definition
child
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pelv
 Definition
pelvis, washbasin
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presby
 Definition
old age
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prim
 Definition
first
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pseud
 Definition
false
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puerper
 Definition
childbirth
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toc
 Definition
birth, labor
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-lytic
 Definition
to loosen
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-tocia
 Definition
birth, labor
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gravida
 Definition
a pregnant woman
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senescence
 Definition
the process or state of aging
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puerperium
 Definition
period of a mother's life between birth and having a reproductive capable uterus again
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para
 Definition
a woman who has given birth to an infant
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amnion
 Definition
amniotic sac
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cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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chorion
 Definition
outr membrane that forms on the fetal side of the placenta
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embryo
 Definition
developing human from 2nd day after conception until 8 weeks
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fetus
 Definition
developing human from 8 weeks until birth
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lactogenic
 Definition
producing milk
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parturition
 Definition
the event of childbirth
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lochia
 Definition
vaginal discharge that normally follows childbirth
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meconium
 Definition
the first stool of a newborn
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placenta
 Definition
allows exchange between mother and fetus
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zygote
 Definition
cell resulting form union of male sperm and female ovum
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pseudocyesis
 Definition
false pregnancy
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congenital abnormality
 Definition
an abnormality present at birth
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eclampsia
 Definition
a condidtion characterized by convulsions and possibly coma, during pregnancy
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ectopic pregnancy
 Definition
pregnancy outside uterus
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thalidomide
 Definition
drug administered to women that causes birth defects
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antepartum
 Definition
occurring before childbirth
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multigravida
 Definition
a pregnant woman who has been pregnant previously
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multipara
 Definition
a woman who has given birth to an infant two or nmore times
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nullipara
 Definition
a woman who has never given birth
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para
 Definition
a woman who has given birth to an infant
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