breech baby

breech baby
Obstet.
a baby whose buttocks or feet are presented first during the birth process.
[1965-70]

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  • Breech birth — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 1631 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 002060 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3272 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|868 MeshID = A breech birth (also known as breech… …   Wikipedia

  • breech birth — UK [ˈbriːtʃ ˌbɜː(r)θ] / US [ˈbrɪtʃ ˌbɜrθ] or breech delivery UK [ˈbriːtʃ dɪˌlɪvərɪ] / US [ˈbrɪtʃ dɪˌlɪvərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms breech birth : singular breech birth plural breech births a birth in which the baby s head does not come out… …   English dictionary

  • breech delivery — breech birth UK [ˈbriːtʃ ˌbɜː(r)θ] / US [ˈbrɪtʃ ˌbɜrθ] or breech delivery UK [ˈbriːtʃ dɪˌlɪvərɪ] / US [ˈbrɪtʃ dɪˌlɪvərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms breech birth : singular breech birth plural breech births a birth in which the baby s head does… …   English dictionary

  • breech presentation — n presentation of the fetus in which the buttocks or legs are the first parts to appear at the uterine cervix * * * the position of a baby in the uterus such that it will be delivered buttocks first (instead of the normal head first position).… …   Medical dictionary

  • breech birth — also breech de.livery n a birth in which the lower part of a baby s body comes out of its mother first …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • breech birth — [ britʃ ,bɜrθ ] or breech de|liv|er|y [ britʃ dı,lıvəri ] noun count a birth in which the baby s head does not come out first …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • breech birth — ► NOUN ▪ a birth in which the baby s buttocks or feet are delivered first …   English terms dictionary

  • breech delivery — baby being born backwards (buttocks first) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • breech birth — noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first • Syn: ↑breech delivery, ↑breech presentation • Hypernyms: ↑delivery, ↑obstetrical delivery • Hyponyms: ↑frank breech, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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