ASYNCLITISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does asynclitism mean? • ASYNCLITISM (noun)
The noun ASYNCLITISM has 1 sense:
1. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
Familiarity information: ASYNCLITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ASYNCLITISM (noun)
Meaning:
The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
asynclitism; obliquity
Hypernyms ("asynclitism" is a kind of...):
abnormal condition; abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal condition)
Holonyms ("asynclitism" is a part of...):
childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child)
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