Obstetrics for NursesReed, Charles B. (Charles Bert)
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Obstetrics for Nurses
Reed, Charles B. (Charles Bert)
Maternity nursing
=Im-mu´ni-ty.= The condition of being immune or exempt from disease,
especially the condition arising from inoculation, or from a
peculiar resistance of the organism.
=Im´preg-na´´tion.= 1. The act of fecundation or of rendering
pregnant. 2. The process or act of saturation, a saturated
condition.
=In´farct.= A mass of substance extravasated either into the substance
of an organ or into a vessel due to the obstruction to the
circulation.
=In´´fan-tile´ pel´vis.= A pelvis which has not responded to the
developmental stimulation of the sexual glands at puberty, and
therefore remains in its infantile shape. A masculine pelvis.
=In´´fan-tile´ u´ter-us.= An undeveloped uterus.
=In-fec´tion.= The communication of disease from one person to
another, whether by effluvia or by contact, mediate or immediate;
also the implantation of disease from without.
=In´fil-tra´´tion.= To cause a liquid or gas to penetrate or enter by
pores or interstices.
=In´flam-ma´´tion.= A morbid condition characterized by pain, heat,
redness and swelling.
=In-nom´in-ate.= Not having a name, as the innominate bone.
=In-som´ni-a.= Inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness.
=In´ter-sti´tial.= Pertaining to, or situated in, the interstices or
interspaces of a tissue.
=In´ter-tri´´go.= A chafe, or chafed patch of the skin; also the
erythema or eczema that may result from a chafe of the skin.
=In-tro´i-tus.= The entrance to any cavity or space.
=In-ver´sion.= A turning inward, inside out, upside down, or other
reversal of the normal relation of a part.
=In´vo-lu´´tion.= 1. A rolling or turning inward. 2. The return of the
uterus to its normal size after parturition. 3. A retrograde change,
the reverse of evolution.
=Is-chu´ri-a par-a-dox´a.= A condition in which the bladder is
over-distended with urine, although the patient continues to
urinate, generally in dribbles.
=Jaun´dice.= Yellowness of the skin, eyes, and secretions, due to the
presence of bile pigments in the blood.
=La´bi-a.= Lip-shaped organs. The external folds of the vulva, labia
majora, and the internal folds of the vulva, labia minora.
=Lac´e-ra´´tion.= 1. The act of tearing. 2. A wound made by tearing.
=Lac-ta´tion.= 1. The secretion of milk. 2. The period of the
secretion of milk. 3. Suckling.
=Lan-u´go.= The fine hair on the body of the fetus.
=Lav-age´.= The irrigation or washing out of an organ, such as the
stomach or bowel.
=Le´sion.= Any hurt, wound or local degeneration.
=Leu´cor-rhœ´´a.= A whitish, viscid discharge from the vagina and
uterine cavity.
=Light´en-ing.= The sense of lightness and easier breathing that
follows the descent of the head into the pelvis during the last
three weeks of pregnancy. It is most likely to occur in primiparas.
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