Medical Definition of Foetal dystocia

1. Difficult labour and delivery caused by the foetus' size (too big), shape or position. Dystocia comes from the Greek dys meaning difficult, painful, disordered, abnormal + tokos meaning birth. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foetal Dystocia

foetal alcohol effects
foetal alcohol syndrome
foetal anoxia
foetal aspiration syndrome
foetal attitude
foetal blood
foetal bradycardia
foetal calf serum
foetal circulation
foetal cotyledon
foetal death
foetal death rate
foetal development
foetal distress
foetal doppler study
foetal dystocia (current term)
foetal electrocardiography
foetal erythroblastosis
foetal fracture
foetal gigantism
foetal growth retardation
foetal habitus
foetal haemoglobin
foetal heart
foetal heart rate
foetal hydrops
foetal inclusion
foetal macrosomia

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