Acrocyanosis: bluish color of hands and feed

Acupressure: treatment method that involves massage of points along body’s energy pathways

Acupuncture: treatment that involves therapeutic stimulation along body’s energy pathways

with needles

Apgar scoring: assignment of numbers to an assessment of a newborn @ 1 and 5 minutes after

birth

Areola: pigmented tissue around the nipple

Asphyxia: inadequate O2 that causes unconsciousness, without intervention, death

Atony: lack of muscle tone

Bilirubin: yellow or orange product of the breakdown of hemoglobin

Braxton-hicks contraction: painless, ineffective uterine contractions that occur during late

pregnancy

Cervix: low narrow end of the uterus that contains opening

Circumcision: surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis

Colostrum: white to yellowish fluid that precedes breast milk

Counterpressure: application of pressure to the sacrum during contractions

Cradle cap: infant scalp dermatitis manifesting as THINK YELLOWISH scales