1. premature infant: infant born before
completing 37 weeks of gestation
2. obstetrician: physician who specializes
in obstetrics
3. parturition: act of giving birth
4. pseudocyesis: false pregnancy
5. intrapartum: occurring during labor
and childbirth
6. nulligravida: women who has never
been pregnant
7. postpartum: occurring after childbirth
8. embryogenic: producing an embryo
9. lactorrhea: (spontaneous) discharge
of milk
10. fetography: process of x-ray filming
the fetus
11. ectopic pregnancy: pregnancy
occurring outside the uterus, commonly in the fallopian tube
12. chorioamnionitis: inflammation
of the chorion and amnion
13. amnionscope: instrument (inserted
through the cervix) for visual examination of the fetus and amnion fluid
14. embryologist: one who specializes
in embryology
15. primigravida: women in her first
pregnancy
16. gravidopuerperal: pertaining to
pregnancy and the puerperium
17. multipara: woman who has given
birth to two or more viable offspring
18. neonatology: branch of medicine
that deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders in newborn infants
19. nullipara: women who has not given
birth to a viable offspring
20. multigravida: women who has been
pregnant two or more times