BREECH DELIVERY

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 I. (noun) 

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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 delivery" is a kind of...):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breech delivery"):

frank breech; frank breech delivery (position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet)

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