| A | B |
| apnea | cessation of respirations |
| brown fat | generates heat in the neonate |
| developmental care | care designed to meet the needs of the newborn |
| gestational age | number of weeks of fetal development |
| hydrops fetalis | a fatal state caused by blood incompatibility |
| hyperglycemia | greater than normal amount of glucose |
| intrauterine growth restriction | infant weight below the 10th percentile |
| large for gestational age | weight over the 90th percentile |
| low birth weight | birth weight less than 2500 grams |
| macrosomia | large body size |
| opthalmia neonatorum | conjunctival infectional within the first 30 days |
| retinopathy of prematurity | formaiton of fibrotic tissue behind the eye |
| ankyloglossia | tongue tie |
| atresia | absence or closure of a normal body passage |
| cleft lip | incomplete fusion of the lip |
| cleft palate | incomplete fusion of the palate |
| developmental hip dysplasia | a congenital orthopedic condition |
| hydrocephalus | abnormally large head |
| omphalocele | protrusion of intestine through abdominal wall |
| spina bifida | congenital verteral defect |
| necrotizing entercolitis | death of intestinal tissue |
| pyloric stenosis | valve stricture between the stomach and duodenum |
| epispadias | congenital urethral defect |
| hydronephrosis | distention of the kidney pelvis |
| hydrocele | fluid in testicular sac |