Unit 9 Flashcards
1
Q
CNA
A
Certified nursing assistant
2
Q
ED, ER
A
emergency department, emergency room
3
Q
ICU
A
intensive care unit
4
Q
OB
A
obstetrics
5
Q
OPD
A
outpatient department
6
Q
OR
A
operating room
7
Q
Peds
A
pediatrics
8
Q
GTPAL
A
gravida, term births, preterm births, abortions, living children
9
Q
gravida
A
total number of pregnancies
10
Q
G/P
A
gravida/para
11
Q
para
A
births
12
Q
EDC
A
estimated date of confinement; due date
13
Q
LMP
A
last menstrual period
14
Q
BOW
A
bag of waters
15
Q
c/s, c-section
A
ceasarean section (caesarean section)
16
Q
NB
A
newborn
17
Q
p/o, PO
A
post-operative, postoperative
18
Q
amni/o
A
fetal membrane
19
Q
amniocentesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fatal membrane for diagnostic purposes
20
Q
cepahl/o
A
head
21
Q
fet/i, fet/o
A
fetus; unborn child
22
Q
gravid/o
A
pregnancy
23
Q
embry/o
A
embryo (first two months of gestation)
24
Q
lact/o
A
milk
25
**nat/oo**
birth
26
**umbilic/o**
belly button, navel
27
**par/o**
give birth to, labor
28
**prim/i**
first
29
**pseud/o**
false
30
**micro-**
small
31
**multi-**
many
32
**nulli-**
none
33
**post-**
after
34
**pre-**
before
35
peri-
around
36
**dystocia**
difficult labor
37
**-partum**
childbirth,labor
38
**-rrhexis**
rupture
