Condition of parallelism between the planes of the foetal head and of the pelvis, respectively. ... Origin: G. Syn-klino, to incline together ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(sin´klit-iz-әm) parallelism between the planes of the fetal head and those of the maternal pelvis. adj., synclit´ic., adj.
Type: Term Pronunciation: sin′kli-tizm Definitions: 1. Condition of parallelism between the planes of the fetal head and of the pelvis, respectively.