ASYNCLITISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does asynclitism mean? 

• ASYNCLITISM (noun)
  The noun ASYNCLITISM has 1 sense:

1. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

  Familiarity information: ASYNCLITISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASYNCLITISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

asynclitism; obliquity

Hypernyms ("asynclitism" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Holonyms ("asynclitism" is a part of...):

childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)