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Pregnancy terms starting with V

Get quick definitions of many of the most common pregnancy terms here! From fertility treatment terminology to common pregnancy conditions to the stages of labor, find out more about the hundreds of new words you will be hearing.

 

  
Vulva
Category: General pregnancy
The outer, visible female genitalia.


Vacuum extractor
Category: Labor and birth
A special suction device placed over the baby's head to allow a physician to pull the infant out of the birth canal. The device enables traction to be applied to the fetal head (in the birth canal) by means of a suction cup attached to the scalp and is powered by an external vacuum source. This is typically used as an alternative to forceps.


Vagina
Category: General pregnancy
The passage leading from the uterus to the outside of the female body.


Vaginal delivery
Category: Labor and birth
Birth of a child through the vagina, as opposed to a surgical delivery (cesarean section).


Vascular
Category: Pregnancy/Birth/Other
Pertaining to blood vessels.


VBAC
Category: Labor and birth
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean


Vernix
Category: Labor and birth
Thick, greasy whitish substance covering the newborn baby's skin.


Virus
Category: Pregnancy/Birth/Other
A tiny organism that must get inside a living cell to grow and reproduce. Viruses cause many types of illness; for example, varicella virus causes chickenpox, and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes the autoimmune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Antibiotic drugs, which are designed to kill bacteria, do not get rid of or cure virus infections. However, vaccines prevent disease caused by the influenza virus, measles virus, mumps virus, rubella virus, pertussis virus, and hepatitis B virus. Currently, except for influenza, no specific anti-viral therapies are available to treat these viral infections.


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