Module 7

Obstetrics & Gynecology

amni/o

amnion

cervic/o

cervix

chori/o

chorion

colp/o

vagina

embry/o

embryo

episi/o

vulva

fet/o

fetus

gynec/o

female

hyster/o

uterus

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdomen

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o

uterus

nat/o

birth

o/o

ovum

oophor/o

ovary

ovari/o

ovary

salping/o

uterine (fallopian) tube

uter/o

uterus

vagin/o

vagina

carcin/o

cancer

cyst/o

urinary bladder, sac

fibr/o

fibrous

hem/o

blood

olig/o

scanty

or/o

mouth

pelv/o

pelvis

rect/o

rectum

tox/o

poison

-algia

pain

-arche

beginning

-cele

protrusion

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnancy

-lytic

destruction

-oid

resembling

-para

to bear (offspring)

-partum

childbirth

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhaphy

to suture

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

ante-

before

endo-

within, inner

intra-

within

multi-

many

neo-

new

nulli-

none

post-

after

pre-

before

primi-

first

pseudo-

false

atresia

lack of normal opening

AB

abortion

C-Section

Cesarean Section

CVS

Chorionic Villus Sampling

D&C

Dilation & Curettage

HRT

Hormone replacement therapy

LMP

last menstrual period

IUD

intrauterine device

SB

stillbirth

OB

obstetrics

TSS

toxic shock syndrome

FHR

fetal heart rate

HDN

hemolytic disease of the newborn

TAH-BSO

Total abdominal hysterectomy - bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

preeclampsia symptoms

high blood pressure, edema, headache, proteinuria

Eclampsia

when not treated can send mother into seizure and possible coma, can occur at 20 weeks - 6 weeks pp