Look up: dystocia

1. dystocia
   This term means 'difficult childbirth', usually when labour is not progressing. Uterine dystocia happens when the contractions are not strong enough to deliver the baby. Shoulder dystocia happens when a baby's shoulders get stuck after the head has already been delivered.
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2. Dystocia
   Literally means difficult childbirth. All mothers will say childbirth is difficult! Dystocia implies that the baby would not come out of the birth canal, either because of a problem with the baby (too big, buttocks coming first, twins etc) or a problem with the mother (deformed pelvis, poor contractions etc)
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3. Dystocia
   Difficult childbirth.
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4. Dystocia
   Dystocia: Difficult or abnormal labor or delivery. From the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult, painful, disordered, abnormal' + 'tokos' meaning 'birth.'
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5. Dystocia
   Dys·to'ci·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; dys- ill, hard + to`kos delivery.] (Medicine) Difficult delivery pr parturition.
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6. dystocia
   <medicine> Difficult delivery pr parturition. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr.; ill, hard + delivery. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. dystocia
   (dis-to´shә) abnormal labor or childbirth. fetal dystocia that due to shape, size, or position of the fetus. maternal dystocia that due to some condition inherent in the mother. placental dystocia difficult delivery of ...
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8. Dystocia
   • (n.) Difficult delivery pr parturition.
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9. dystocia
   dystocia, dystokia Difficult labor, abnormally difficult childbirth. It may be produced by either the size of the passenger (the fetus) or the small size of the pelvic outlet.
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10. Dystocia
    Diificult labor. Narrower term(s): Fetal Dystocia Maternal Dystocia Shoulder Dystocia Soft Tissue Dystocia
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11. Dystocia
    Abnormal birth of a pig, or difficult labor for the female pig
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12. dystocia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dis-tō′sē-ă Definitions: 1. Difficult childbirth.
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13. DYSTOCIA
    Difficult birth.
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14. Dystocia
    `Dystocia` (childbirth-->) is an abnormal or difficult childbirth or labour. Approximately one fifth of human labours have dystocia.<ref name="Zhu"> Dystocia may arise due to incoordinate uterine activity, abnormal fetal lie or presentation, absolute or relative cephalopelvic disproport...
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