OBSTETRICAL DELIVERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obstetrical delivery mean? 

• OBSTETRICAL DELIVERY (noun)
  The noun OBSTETRICAL DELIVERY has 1 sense:

1. the act of delivering a child

  Familiarity information: OBSTETRICAL DELIVERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSTETRICAL DELIVERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of delivering a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

delivery; obstetrical delivery

Hypernyms ("obstetrical delivery" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obstetrical delivery"):

breech birth; breech delivery; breech presentation (delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first)

abdominal delivery; C-section; caesarean; caesarean delivery; caesarean section; caesarian; caesarian delivery; caesarian section; cesarean; cesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian; cesarian section (the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way))

forceps delivery (delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries)

midwifery (assisting women at childbirth)

Holonyms ("obstetrical delivery" is a part of...):

accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)