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Definition of Obliquity
1. Noun. The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle.
Exact synonyms: Asynclitism
Group relationships: Childbed, Confinement, Labor, Labour, Lying-in, Parturiency, Travail
Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality
Group relationships: Childbed, Confinement, Labor, Labour, Lying-in, Parturiency, Travail
Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality
2. Noun. The quality of being deceptive.
Exact synonyms: Deceptiveness
Generic synonyms: Dishonesty
Specialized synonyms: Meretriciousness, Speciousness
Derivative terms: Deceptive, Deceptive, Oblique
Generic synonyms: Dishonesty
Specialized synonyms: Meretriciousness, Speciousness
Derivative terms: Deceptive, Deceptive, Oblique
Definition of Obliquity
1. n. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Definition of Obliquity
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Medical Definition of Obliquity
1. Absence of synclitism or parallelism between the axis of the presenting part of the child and the pelvic planes in childbirth. Synonym: obliquity. Origin: G. A-priv. + syn-klino, to incline together (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obliquity
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