Ch. 8 Terms

lactic (LAK-tik)

• pertaining to milk

• related to sugar

• involving fermentation

• connected to water

embryogenic (ĕm-brē-ō-JĔN-ĭk)

• Producing an embryo

• Causing cell division

• Inhibiting growth

• Promoting photosynthesis

microcephalus (mī-krō-SĔF-ă-lŭs)

• small head

• large head

• normal head size

• irregular head shape

intrapartum (in-tră-PART-ŭm)

• within labour and delivery

• before labour begins

• after delivery

• during prenatal care

neonatologist (nē-ō-nā-TŎL-ō-jĭst)

• physician who studies and treats disorders of the newborn

• a doctor specializing in adult medicine

• a surgeon who operates on infants

• a pediatrician who focuses on childhood diseases

pseudocyesis (soo-dō-sī-Ē-sĭs)

• false pregnancy

• true pregnancy

• psychological pregnancy

• delayed pregnancy

hysterorrhexis (his-tĕ-rō-REK-sĭs)

• rupture of the uterus

• inflammation of the uterus

• contraction of the uterus

• enlargement of the uterus

amniocentesis (am-nē-ō-sen-TĒ-sĭs)

• surgical puncture into the amnion to remove a small amount of fluid for testing

• a procedure to extract a tissue sample from the placenta

• a method for monitoring fetal heart rate

• a technique for performing a cesarean section

postnatal (post-NĀT-ăl)

• pertaining to after birth (reference to the newborn)

• pertaining to before birth

• pertaining to during birth

• pertaining to the mother's health

lactogenic (lak-tŏ-JĔN-ĭk)

What does it mean?

• producing milk

• inhibiting milk production

• promoting digestion

• enhancing flavor