Gazala Noor
Lecturer
Faculty of Pharmacy
Integral University Lucknow
, Common medical terms
• Gynec/o- women/female
• Gestation- process of pregnancy
• Gravid/o, /gravida- pregnancy
• Nulligravida - non pregnancy
• Trimester-a period of 3 months in which a women pregnancy is
divided
• Primigravida- first pregnancy
• Puerperium/postpartum- 6 weeks period of time of a women after
baby’s birth
• fet/o- fetus
• Lactation- process of milk
• Neonate- new birth
• Emesis- vomiting
• Miscarriage-spontaneous abortion
• Abortion-an abortion is a loss of pregnancy
• Cervico- cervix
• Mamm/o- breast