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N-Fall08
Unit 2
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Undergraduate 3
09/23/2008

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Term
Gravida
Definition
A woman who is pregnant
Term
Gravidity
Definition
Pregnancy
Term
Multigravida
Definition
a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
Term
multipara
Definition
a woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to the staage of fetal viability
Term
nulligravida
Definition
a woman who has never been pregnant
Term
nullipara
Definition
a woman who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached the stage of viability
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parity
Definition
the # of preg. in which the fetus/s have reached viability; not affected by weather the fetus is alive or stillborn
Term
postdate or postterm
Definition
preg. that goes beyond 42 weeks of gestation
Term
preterm
Definition
born after 20 weeks gestation but before completion of 37 weeks
Term
primigravida
Definition
a woman who is pregnant for the first time
Term
term
Definition
born between the beginning of week 38 gestation and the end of week 42 gest.
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viability
Definition
capacity to live outside the uterus, occurring about 22-24 weeks since last menstrual period or when weight of fetus is greater than 500g.
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