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FOETAL DISTRESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does foetal distress mean?

• FOETAL DISTRESS (noun)
The noun FOETAL DISTRESS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm

Familiarity information: FOETAL DISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOETAL DISTRESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fetal distress; foetal distress

Hypernyms ("foetal distress" is a kind of...):

abnormal condition; abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal condition)

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