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FOETAL DISTRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foetal distress mean? 

FOETAL DISTRESS (noun)
  The noun FOETAL DISTRESS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythmplay

  Familiarity information: FOETAL DISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOETAL DISTRESS (noun)


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 ("foetal distress" is a kind of...):

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


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