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PARTUS SICCUS

\pˈɑːtəs sˈɪkəs], \pˈɑːtəs sˈɪkəs], \p_ˈɑː_t_ə_s s_ˈɪ_k_ə_s]\

Definitions of PARTUS SICCUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A dry labor, one in which the amniotic fluid is scanty or flows away too soon.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Dry labour or parturition. Labour, which is neither preceded nor attended by a discharge of the liquor amnii.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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