Medical Words and their Meanings





Bilirubin (bilee-roo-bin)


Cesarean Section (ces-R-E-an / Sek-shun)


Diabetes (dy-a-bee-tee-s)


Fetal distress (fee-tal / dis-tres)


IntraUterine Growth Restriction (in-tra / U-ter-I-n / Gr-O-th / ree-s-tr-ik-shun)


Jaundice (j-on-dus)



Meconium (mek-O-nee-um)


Oxytocin (ox-E-tO-sun)


Placenta (pla-sen-ta)


Pneumonia (noo-mO-nee-a)


a substance made from the breakdown of blood cells


operation to have the baby


sugar problems too high OR too low


baby's heart rate goes too low or too high


baby is too small and too skinny



baby's skin and eyes can be yellow because bilirubin is too high


baby's first bowel movement(potty). It is black.


artifical form of the hormone to make labour pains


after birth -this feeds the baby in the uterus(inside you)


lung infection. too much fluid in the baby's lungs


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