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Chapter 17- Obstetrics and Human Development Word Parts & Basic Terms
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| ante- | before |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| post- | after |
| amni, amnion | amnion or amniotic fluid |
| amniotic fluid (n) | the fluid that surrounds the baby in the mother's stomach |
| chori | membrane, chorion |
| cyes, cyesi | pregnancy |
| embry | embryo |
| embryo (n.) | an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to develop |
| fet | fetus |
| fetus (n.) | a baby or young animal before it is born |
| ger, geront | old age |
| gravd, gravidar | pregnancy |
| lact | milk |
| bat | birth |
| obstetr | midwife, prenatal development |
| midwife (n.) | a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby |
| omphal | umbilicus (navel) |
| umbilical cord (n.) | a long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother |
| par, part | parturition or labor |
| to be in labor (n.) | to be in the the process of giving birth to a baby |
| ped, pediatr | child |
| pelv | pelvis, washbasin |
| presby | old age |
| prim | first |
| pseud | false |
| puerper | childbirth |
| toc | birth, labor |
| -lytic | to loosen |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tocia | birth, labor |
| infancy (n.) | the period of life between birth and the first year or two |
| postpartum (Adj) | occurring after childbirth |
| trimester (n.) | a third of a pregnancy, about 3 months |
| conception (n.) | the moment of fertilization, when the male and female sex cells form one new cell |
| abortion (n.) | a medical operation to end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive [= termination] |
| obstetrics (n.) | the medicine concerned with prenatal development, pregnancy, childbirth and the 42- days after childbirth; abbreviated as OB |
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