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Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of
the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th
edition – Glossary Exam Questions With
Correct Answers

Abortion: - answer✔✔any interruption of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable (a stage of
development that
will enable the fetus to survive outside the uterus if born at that time)

absorption: - answer✔✔transfer of a drug from its point of entry in the body into the bloodstream

abstinence: - answer✔✔refraining from sexual intercourse

abstract thought: - answer✔✔final stage in cognitive thought processes; allows problem solving
and
creating hypotheses

accommodation: - answer✔✔adjustment of the eye to focus on a close image (ophthalmology);
the ability to
adapt thought processes to fit what is perceived (Piaget)

acculturation: - answer✔✔the process of losing cultural beliefs and values to those of a dominant
society

acrocyanosis: - answer✔✔cyanosis (blue color) in the feet and hands
acute bilirubin encephalopathy: permanent damage of brain cells caused when high levels
(about 20 mg-100 ml) of indirect bilirubin leave the bloodstream and interfere with the chemical
synthesis of brain cells

acute pain: - answer✔✔sharp pain, generally occurring abruptly after an injury
acyanotic heart disease: heart or circulatory anomalies that involve either a stricture to the flow
of blood or a shunt that moves blood from the arterial to the venous system (oxygenated to

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unoxygenated blood, or left-to-right shunts)

adolescence: - answer✔✔the time period between 13 years and 18 to 20 years

adrenarche: - answer✔✔pubic and axillary hair that occur with puberty
adventitious sounds: extra or abnormal breathing sounds
affective learning: learning that involves a change in attitude

afterload: - answer✔✔the resistance against which the cardiac ventricles must pump

afterpains: - answer✔✔intermittent cramping due to uterine contraction during involution in the
postpartal
period

age of viability: - answer✔✔the earliest age at which fetuses could survive if they were born at
that time;
generally accepted as 24 weeks, or fetuses weighing more than 400 g

alleles: - answer✔✔two like genes

allergen: - answer✔✔antigen that causes the release of mediating substances causing tissue
injury and
allergic symptoms

allogeneic transplantation: - answer✔✔transfer of body tissues from an immune-compatible
(histocompatible) donor

allografting: - answer✔✔transfer of body tissue between two genetically dissimilar individuals

Alport's syndrome: - answer✔✔a progressive chronic glomerulonephritis inherited as an
autosomal
dominant disorder

alternative birthing center: - answer✔✔a setting for birth separate from a hospital

alternative insemination: - answer✔✔assistive reproductive technique, in which sperm is
deposited into a
woman's cervix or uterus

amblyopia: - answer✔✔reduced vision in one eye; ―lazy eye‖

amenorrhea: - answer✔✔absence of a menstrual flow

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amniocentesis: - answer✔✔the withdrawal of amniotic fluid from the uterus by means of
introduction of a
needle through the abdominal and uterine wall

amnioinfusion: - answer✔✔enlarging the amount of amniotic fluid by administration of normal
saline or
lactated Ringer's solution intravaginally into the uterus

amniotic fluid embolism: - answer✔✔condition in which amniotic fluid is forced into maternal
circulation
and travels to the lungs as small emboli

amniotic membrane: - answer✔✔the innermost membrane surrounding the fetus; it secretes
amniotic fluid

amniotomy: - answer✔✔artificial rupturing of membranes during labor if they do not rupture
spontaneously

analgesia: - answer✔✔a medication that reduces or decreases awareness of pain

anaphylaxis: - answer✔✔acute hypersensitivity (type I) reaction characterized by extreme
vasodilation that
leads to circulatory shock and extreme bronchoconstriction that decreases the airway lumens

andrology: - answer✔✔the branch of medicine that treats the male and diseases specific to the
male sex

anesthesia: - answer✔✔a medication that causes partial or complete loss of sensation

anhedonia: - answer✔✔inability to remember the last time when a person felt happy or had a
good time

ankle clonus: - answer✔✔continued motion of the foot

ankyloglossia: - answer✔✔an abnormal restriction of the tongue caused by an abnormally tight
frenulum

anovulation: - answer✔✔faulty or inadequate release of ova

anoxia: - answer✔✔lack of oxygen in body cells

anteflexion: - answer✔✔a uterus that is bent forward just above the cervix

anteversion: - answer✔✔a uterus that is tipped abnormally forward including the cervix

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anticipatory grief: - answer✔✔preparatory phase in which people gradually incorporate the
reality of
impending death into their thoughts

antigen: - answer✔✔any foreign substance (molecule) capable of stimulating an immune
response
antiphospholipid antibodies: antibodies that attack phospholipids, often associated with an
autoimmune disorder

antitoxins: - answer✔✔antibodies against toxin-producing bacteria

apnea: - answer✔✔pause in respirations longer than 20 seconds with accompanying bradycardia
apparent life-threatening event (ALTE): an episode in which an infant is cyanotic and limp in
bed but survives after mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

apposition: - answer✔✔the amount of end-to-end contact of bone fragments
appropriate for gestational age (AGA): newborn who falls between the 10th and 90th
percentile of weight for age regardless of gestational age

areola: - answer✔✔the pigmented circle surrounding the nipple
arterial blood gases (ABGs): the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood

arthroscopy: - answer✔✔direct visualization of a joint with a fiberoptic instrument

aspermia: - answer✔✔absence of sperm

aspiration: - answer✔✔inhalation of a foreign object into the airway

aspiration studies: - answer✔✔studies involving the removal of body fluids by such techniques
as lumbar
puncture or bone marrow aspiration

assimilation: - answer✔✔changing a situation or one's perception of it to fit one's thoughts

astereognosis: - answer✔✔difficulty identifying objects placed in the hand when the eyes are
closed

astigmatism: - answer✔✔congenital or acquired unevenness of the curvature of the cornea

atelectasis: - answer✔✔collapse of alveoli

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