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BREECH BIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
Synonyms:
breech birth; breech delivery; breech presentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("breech birth" is a kind of...):
delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breech birth"):
frank breech; frank breech delivery (position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet)
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