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PROTRACTED LABOR

\pɹətɹˈaktɪd lˈe͡ɪbə], \pɹətɹˈaktɪd lˈe‍ɪbə], \p_ɹ_ə_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_d l_ˈeɪ_b_ə]\

Definitions of PROTRACTED LABOR

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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labor protracted beyond the ordinary limit.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

L. occupying more than the usual time (from 10 to 20 hours in primiparae, from 2 to 6 hours in multiparae).

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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