See Also: haematotrachelos(medicine)
breech(medicine)
breech(1)(dictionary)
Breech(health)
breech(dictionary)
breech(2)(dictionary)
delivery, breech(medicine)
Breech presentation(health)
breech presentation(medicine)
breech extraction(medicine)

Breech presentation (health) and haematotrachelos (medicine)


Breech presentation (health)


When the baby's bottom or feet - rather than the head - face the mother's cervix as labor nears. Three to four percent of full-term babies are positioned this way.





haematotrachelos (medicine)


haematotrachelos


An obsolete term for distention of the cervix uteri with accumulated blood.

Origin: haemato-+ G. Trachelos, neck