See Also: anterior asynclitism(medicine)
asynclitism(medicine)
posterior asynclitism(medicine)
anterior part of anterior commissure of brain(medicine)
Anterior(medicine)
anterior(dictionary)
Anterior(health)
anterior(dictionary)
anterior pyramid(medicine)
anterior curvature(medicine)

portentous (iou) and anterior asynclitism (medicine)


portentous (iou)



portentous adjective. . L15.
[Latin portentosus, formed as PORTENT: see -OUS, -IOUS, -UOUS.]
Of the Nature of a portent; presaging an often calamitous event; ominous. L15.
D. Acheson The solemn and portentous look of an eminent physician about to impart grim news.
Awesome, impressive; amazing, marvellous, extraordinary. M16.
[Infl. by PRETENTIOUS adjective.] Pompous, pretentious; overly important, significant. M20.
Times A portentious statement containing the whole truth about the meaning..of life.
portentously adverb L16.

anterior asynclitism (medicine)


anterior asynclitism -->
Nagele obliquity
Inclination of the foetal head in cases of flat pelvis, so that the biparietal diameter is oblique in relation to the plane of the pelvic brim, the anterior parietal bone presenting to the parturient canal.

Synonym: anterior asynclitism.