Newborn/ Fetus
Medical term definition
Newborn Part 2
Medical term definition 2
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Synonym for "newborn" is? 

What is neonate?

100

Patent means?

What is open or functional?

100

_____ occurs more commonly in female infants and after a breech delivery.

What is developmental dysplasia of the hip??

100

The term dyspnea means _______.

What is difficulty breathing?

100

_____ is a change in the skeletal system that may occur in postmenopausal women.

What is osteoporosis? 

200

A set of four congenital heart defects occurring together is called? 

What is Tetralogy?

200

The process of inserting a tube into the trachea is:

What is intubation?

200

_____ is an abbreviation of a tea, used for an infant or young child who is not growing and developing as expected, possibly because of organic or psychosocial disorders.

What is FTT (failure to thrive)?

200

What is a synonym for autopsy?

What is postmortem?

200

In a _____, a person is unresponsive and his or her eyes are closed.

What is coma?

300

At the end of the first ______ weeks of fetal life, all the organ systems are in place.

What is 8 weeks?

300

The term for first bowel movement of a newborn is:

What is meconium?

300

In newborns, excess bilirubin is deposited in the tissues, producing ____.

What is jaundice?

300

The medical term for "present at birth" is _____.

What is congenital?

300

The cause of MCS is _____.

What is trauma?

400

A _____ defect in a newborn is an opening in the wall that separates the right and left sides of the heart.

What is septal defect?

400

The synonym for whooping cough is called:

What is pertussis?

400

The fetus is dependent on the ______ and the umbilical cord to provide oxygen and nutrients to remove carbon dioxide and fetal waste.

What is the placenta?

400

The medical term ______ means a protrusion of the spinal cord through a defect in the vertebral arch.

What is myelocele?

400

______ is the acute viral infection of upper and lower respiratory tracts.

What is influenza?

500

_____ is the most common cause of a large head in the neonate.

**BONUS QUESTION**** What causes the disorder?

What is hydrocephalus?


What is excessive cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)?

500

The medical term for an age spot is _____.

What is lentigo?

500

Deep gasping for breath by the distressed fetus causes aspiration or _____ of meconium by the fetus in utero.

What is inhalation?

500

_____ means to feed by a stomach tube.

What is gavage?

500

____ narrows arteries and can trigger thrombosis, which may lead to strokes and heart attacks.

What is atherosclerotic plaques?