01-Common Terms in Obstetrics

CO MM O N
TERMINO LO G IES
IN O BSTETRICS
N C M 1 0 7 – C A R E O F T H E M OT H E R , C H I L D
AND ADOLESCENT
COMMON TERMS TO DEFINE:
1. OBSTETRICS 10. PRIMIGRAVIDA 19. PARTURIENT
2. GYNECOLOGY 11. PRIMIPARA 20. PUERPERA
3. PEDIATRIC 12. MULTIGRAVIDA
4. REPRODUCTION 13. MULTIPARA
5. FERTILIZATION 14. NULLIPARA
6. PREGNANCY 15. T.P.A.L.
7. GESTATION 16. LMP
8. GRAVIDA 17. EDC/EDD
9. PARITY 18. AOG
• Obstetrics word came from a Latin
word “Obsterix”;
OBSTETRICS • The branch of medicine and surgery
concerned with childbirth and the care
of women giving birth
• The branch of medical science

GYNECOLOGY which treats diseases of the female
genital organs
• the branch of medicine dealing with

PEDIATRICS children and their diseases.
REPRODUCTION
means process by which a fully
developed offspring of its kind is
produced
FERTILIZATION
the action or process of fertilizing an egg or a female
animal or plant, involving the fusion of male and female
gametes to form a zygote.
PREGNANCY
A common name for gestation in humans
The development of one or more
offspring, known as an embryo or fetus, in
the uterus
The period from conception to birth.
After the egg is fertilized by a sperm and
then implanted in the lining of the uterus, it
develops into the placenta and embryo, an
later into a fetus
GRAVIDA/
PARA/ PARITY
GRAVIDAE
• A pregnant woman. • the outcome of those
• A state of pregnancy pregnancies or number
regardless of its of infants given birth
duration/outcome. that reached viability
• Number of pregnancies or 20 weeks & more
a woman had • Example when used in
regardless of the Obstetrical History-
outcome of pregnancy. taking: G1P1, G2P3
• A woman who has never
NULLIGRAVIDA been pregnant or never
conceived a child
• a woman pregnant for the

PRIMIGRAVIDA first time; e.g. Gravida1; a
woman in her first pregnancy
• a woman who had two or

MULTIGRAVIDA more pregnancies. e.g.
Gravida4
NULLIPARA
• A woman who has NEVER delivered a viable infant. The woman
may be pregnant for several times before but her pregnancies
were termination due to abortions or before 20 weeks.
PRIMIPARA
• A woman who has completed ONE pregnancy that reached
viability.
MULTIPARA
• A woman who has completed two or more pregnancy or given
birth many times to a viable offspring.
OBSTETRIC HISTORY TERMS…
T.P.A.L. Term birth
Preterm birth
Abortion
Living infants
OBSTETRIC HISTORY TERMS…
LMP • Last Menstrual Period
EDC • Expected Date of Confinement
EDD • Expected Date of Delivery
• Age of Gestation (expressed in

AOG weeks)
PARTURIENT
• a woman who is in labor
PUEPERA
• a woman who has just delivered
ANTEPARTUM
• occurring or existing before birth (Antenatal, Prenatal)
PERINATAL
• onset of labor to delivery
POST-PARTUM
• delivery of placenta to 6 weeks
OTHER TERMS DEFINED:
NSVD • Normal Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
CS • Caesarean Section
AGA • Average for Gestational Age
SGA • Small for Gestational Age
LGA • Large for Gestational Age

OTHER TERMS DEFINED:
Pre-term Post Term
Infant Infant
• born before 32 • born after 42
weeks gestation weeks gestation
(not less than
28 weeks)
OTHER TERMINOLOGIES…
Live Birth Pre-term Infant
• recorded when • born before 32 weeks
newborn infant shows gestation
signs of life
Still Birth Post-term Infant

• when infant shows • born after 42 weeks
NO sign of life at birth gestation
ABORTION
The termination of pregnancy by the
removal or expulsion from the uterus of a
fetus or embryo prior to viability (less than
28 weeks).
the deliberate termination of a human
pregnancy, most often performed during the
first 28 weeks.
LABOR
the function of the female by which the
infant is expelled through the vagina to the
outside world
The process during which the uterus
contracts and cervix opens to allow passage
of a baby into the vagina
CHILDBIRTH
•Childbirth is more than the “act of
giving birth”.
•For a woman it is a continuous process,
from conception through pregnancy,
labour, birth and beyond.
CAN YOU READ & TRANSCRIBE THIS?
Sample Diagnosis:
•PUFT 39 weeks & 2 days AOG to a Live
term Baby Boy in cephalic presentation
NSVD with AS of 8/9 & BW of 2.6 kg to a
G2P2 (2-0-0-2)
CAN YOU READ & TRANSCRIBE THIS?
Sample Diagnosis: ANSWER
•Pregnancy Uterine Fullterm 39 weeks & 2 days
Age of Gestation to a Live term Baby Boy in
cephalic presentation, Normal Spontaneous
Vaginal Delivery with Apgar Score of 8/9 &
Birth Weight of 2.6 kg to a Gravida 2, Parity 2
(Term 2-Preterm 0-Abortion 0-Living 2)

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CO MM O N

• The branch of medical science

• the branch of medicine dealing with

• a woman pregnant for the

• a woman who had two or

EDC • Expected Date of Confinement

EDD • Expected Date of Delivery

• Age of Gestation (expressed in

AGA • Average for Gestational Age

SGA • Small for Gestational Age

LGA • Large for Gestational Age

Still Birth Post-term Infant

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