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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)
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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)