English word senses marked with topical category "Obstetrics"
Parent categories: Developmental biology, Medicine, Pregnancy, Biology, Sciences, Body, Gynaecology, Human, Female, Gender, Psychology, Sociology, Social sciences, Society
Total 75 word senses
- APH (Noun) Initialism of antepartum haemorrhage.
- Braxton Hicks contraction (Noun) A sporadic uterine contraction during pregnancy; false labour.
- CPD (Noun) Initialism of cephalopelvic disproportion.
- CVS (Noun) Initialism of chorionic villus sampling.
- Caesarean (Noun) A Caesarean section.
- FGR (Noun) Initialism of fetal growth restriction.
- FIGO (Proper name) Acronym of International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.
- IUGR (Noun) Initialism of intrauterine growth restriction.
- LMP (Noun) Initialism of last menstrual period; used in determining the start of a pregnancy.
- Lamaze (Noun) Natural childbirth technique developed in the 1940s by French obstetrician Dr. Ferdinand Lamaze.
- NIPT (Noun) Initialism of noninvasive prenatal testing.
- OB-GYN (Noun) Obstetrics and gynecology.
- PIH (Noun) Initialism of pregnancy-induced hypertension.
- PPH (Noun) Initialism of postpartum hemorrhage.
- accoucheur (Noun) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
- accoucheuse (Noun) A midwife.
- aftercoming (Adjective) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
- amniotic fluid (Noun) In placental mammals, a fluid contained within the amnion membrane that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus.
- birthing chair (Noun) A chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.
- breech (Noun) A breech birth.
- breech (Adverb) With the hips coming out before the head.
- breech (Adjective) Born, or having been born, breech.
- chorionic villus sampling (Noun) A form or prenatal diagnosis in which part of the placental tissue is tested for genetic abnormalities.
- cleidotomy (Noun) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .
- coffin birth (Noun) Postmortem fetal extrusion: the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of a deceased pregnant woman as a result of gaseous pressure through decomposition.
- crowning (Noun) The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
- direct maternal death (Noun) A maternal death resulting from a complication of the pregnancy or delivery, or their management.
- disengagement (Noun) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
- ectopic (Noun) An ectopic pregnancy.
- endoamnioscopy (Noun) An experimental imaging technique which allows direct visualisation of the developing fetus.
- fertility clinic (Noun) A medical clinic that assists couples, and sometimes individuals, who wish to become parents.
- fetoscopy (Noun) An endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow access to the fetus, the amniotic cavity, the umbilical cord, and the fetal side of the placenta.
- fetus in fetu (Noun) A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.
- gestational diabetes (Noun) A condition in which a woman without diabetes develops high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.
- handywoman (Noun) An uncertified midwife; a woman who attends at childbirths but who lacks a medical qualification.
- headswoman (Noun) (obsolete) A midwife.
- heteropagus (Noun) A condition where asymmetric conjoined twins, in which the tissues of a severely defective twin (the parasite), are dependent on the cardiovascular system of the other, intact twin (the autosite) for survival.
- indirect maternal death (Noun) A pregnancy-related death in a female patient with a preexisting or newly developed health problem.
- labour (Noun) The act of a mother giving birth.
- lochia (Noun) Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth.
- lochia (Noun) 1921, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published by the American Gynecological Society
- lochia (Noun) 1998, Giovanni Maciocia, Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, page 609:
For the first three or four days after delivery the lochia are red; [...] three different types of lochia are distinguished: ‘lochia rubra’ or ‘red lochia’, ‘lochia serosa’ ‘serous lochia’, which appears five to six days after delivery, and ‘lochia alba’ meaning ‘white lochia’, the final lochial discharge [...]; 1998, …
- lochia (Noun) 1998, Giovanni Maciocia, Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, page 609:
For the first three or four days after delivery the lochia are red; [...] three different types of lochia are distinguished: ‘lochia rubra’ or ‘red lochia’, ‘lochia serosa’ ‘serous lochia’, which appears five to six days after delivery, and ‘lochia alba’ meaning ‘white lochia’, the final lochial discharge [...]; For th…
- man-midwife (Noun) An accoucheur; a male midwife
- maternal death (Noun) The death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process; obstetric death.
- midhusband (Noun) masculine equivalent of midwife: A male midwife.
- midwife (Noun) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
- midwifery (Noun) The practice and science of being a midwife.
- nonstress test (Noun) A screening test used in pregnancy, in which a cardiotocograph is used to monitor the fetal heart rate.
- nonvertex (Adjective) Not of or pertaining to the vertex.
- nuchal cord (Noun) An umbilical cord that has become wrapped 360 degrees around the neck of a foetus.
- obstetric (Adjective) Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
- obstetrician-gynecologist (Noun) A physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist.
- obstetrics (Noun) The care of women during and after pregnancy.
- placenta (Noun) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
- primigravida (Noun) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.
- primipara (Noun) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
- primipara (Noun) A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.
- psychoprophylaxis (Noun) A method of preparing women for natural childbirth by means of special breathing, relaxation techniques and psychological conditioning, practiced without anaesthetics.
- puerpera (Noun) A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- puerperal fever (Noun) A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
- puerperium (Noun) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
- rachipagus (Noun) A conjoined twin, or a pair of conjoined twins, exhibiting fusion of the back.
- repercussion (Noun) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
- salpingostomy (Noun) The surgical unblocking of a blocked Fallopian tube.
- salpingotomy (Noun) The operation of making an incision into a Fallopian tube to remove an ectopic.
- traditional birth attendant (Noun) A person who provides basic maternity care primarily from experience as well as the traditions and practices of a community.
- trial of scar (Noun) A labour where a vaginal delivery is attempted in a woman who has had a previous caesarean section.
- turn (Verb) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- umbilical cord (Noun) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
- uterine inertia (Noun) Weak or irregular uterine contractions during labor.
- vanishing twin syndrome (Noun) A condition where one set of twins or multiple embryos dies in utero, disappears, or is resorbed partially or entirely.
- vernix (Noun) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
- vernix caseosa (Noun) The waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of newborn humans.
- watch-birth (Noun) A midwife.
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