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Definition of Pelvimetry
1. Noun. Measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible).
Definition of Pelvimetry
1. n. The measurement of the pelvis.
Medical Definition of Pelvimetry
1. Measurement of the dimensions and capacity of the pelvis. It includes cephalopelvimetry (measurement of foetal head size in relation to maternal pelvic capacity), a prognostic guide to the management of labour associated with disproportion. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelvimetry
Literary usage of Pelvimetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Obstetrics: a text-book for the use of students and practitioners by John Whitridge Williams (1904)
"pelvimetry.—While the above- mentioned conditions are of value in suggesting the
... For this purpose external or internal pelvimetry may be employed, ..."
2. A Text-book of Obstetrics by Adam Henry Wright (1905)
"pelvimetry This means the process of measuring the pelvis. ... We tried to do
our duty by making use of pelvimetry to a certain extent. ..."
3. Practical manual of obstetrics by Eugène Verrier (1884)
"—pelvimetry the art of measuring the pel—' vis ; the instruments ... External
pelvimetry.—Before describing external pelvimetry two important points claim ..."
4. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1897)
"pelvimetry; ITS VALUE IN OBSTETRICS BY FS CLARK, AM, MD, ... The value of pelvimetry
is a subject which interests the general practitioner as well as ..."
5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1882)
"pelvimetry. By JG GARSON, MD, Assistant in Museum, Royal College of Surgeons,
England. (PLATE V.) PERHAPS next in importance to the form of the skull as ..."
6. A System of midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1873)
"Manual pelvimetry. pubis, and the tip of the second against the sacral promontory.
Sv Fig. 140.) By stretching the fingers in this way, we shall have little ..."
7. Diagnostic Therapeutics: A Guide for Practitioners in Diagnosis by Aid of by Albert Abrams (1910)
"Inspection of the patient may aid in the recognition of a pelvic deformity, but
no absolute deductions can be made therefrom, hence pelvimetry is absolutely ..."
8. Gynecology, obstetrics, menopause by A H P Leuf (1902)
"THE IMPORTANCE OF pelvimetry IN OBSTETRIC PRACTICE. ... These are approximately
gained by pelvimetry when the young woman objects to vaginal examination. ..."
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