breech delivery
31breach, breech — Frequently confused. Breach describes an infraction or a gap. It should always suggest break, a word to which it is related. Breech applies to the rear or lower portion of things. The main expressions are breach of faith (or promise), breech… …
32Caesarean delivery on maternal request — (CDMR) is a medically unnecessary caesarean section, where the conduct of a childbirth via a caesarean section (CS, or c section) is requested by the pregnant patient.[1] While it is a form of an elective caesarean section, the absence of a… …
33breach — , breech Frequently confused. Breach describes an infraction or a gap. It should always suggest break, a word to which it is related. Breech applies to the rear or lower portion of things. The main expressions are breach of faith (or promise),… …
34breechdelivery — breech delivery n. Delivery of a fetus with the buttocks or feet appearing first. Also called breech birth. * * * …
35breechbirth — breech birth n. See breech delivery. * * * …
36parturition — /pahr too rish euhn, tyoo , choo /, n. Biol. the process of bringing forth young. [1640 50; < LL parturition (s. of parturitio) travail, equiv. to L parturit(us) (ptp. of parturire; see PARTURIENT) + ion ION] * * * I or birth or childbirth or… …
37extraction — 1. Luxation and removal of a tooth from its alveolus. 2. Partitioning of material (solute) into a solvent. 3. The active portion of a drug; the making of an extract. 4. Surgical removal by pulling out. 5. Removal of the …
38maneuver — A planned movement or procedure. [Fr. manoeuvre, fr. L. manu operari, to work by hand] Adson m. SYN: Adson test. Barlow m. test for hip instability, with dislocation occurring with flexion …
39childhood disease and disorder — Introduction any illness, impairment, or abnormal condition that affects primarily infants and children i.e., those in the age span that begins with the fetus and extends through adolescence. Childhood is a period typified by change,… …
40Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit maneuver — or Mauriceau maneuver is an obstetric or emergent medical maneuver utilized in cases of breech delivery. This procedure entails suprapubic pressure by one obstetrician on the mother/uterus, while another obstetrician inserts left hand in vagina,… …
