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OBLIQUITY OF THE FETAL HEAD

\əblˈɪkwɪti ɒvðə fˈiːtə͡l hˈɛd], \əblˈɪkwɪti ɒvðə fˈiːtə‍l hˈɛd], \ə_b_l_ˈɪ_k_w_ɪ_t_i_ ɒ_v_ð_ə f_ˈiː_t_əl h_ˈɛ_d]\

Definitions of OBLIQUITY OF THE FETAL HEAD

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A position of the head in which its long diameter coincides more or less with one of the oblique diameters of the pelvis.
Flexion of the fetal head to one side when it presents at the brim of the pelvis,

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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