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FETAL DISTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fetal distress mean?
• FETAL DISTRESS (noun)
The noun FETAL DISTRESS has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
Familiarity information: FETAL DISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
fetal distress; foetal distress
Hypernyms ("fetal distress" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Context examples
An emergency cesarean section that is carried out urgently in cases of fetal distress or severe maternal complication that is life threatening to either or both of them.
(Crash Caesarean Section, NCI Thesaurus)
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