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A birth in which the baby comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet, or knees first, instead of the more usual position of headfirst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breech delivery, breech presentation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delivery, obstetrical delivery
Narrower terms: frank breech, frank breech delivery
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
臀位分娩
(túnwèi fēnmiǎn)
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Dutch:
stuitligging
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Finnish:
perätilasynnytys
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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French:
présentation podalique
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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French:
présentation du siège
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Hungarian:
farfekvéses szülés
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Indonesian:
sungsang
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Malay:
kelahiran songsang
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Māori:
whānau kōaro
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Māori:
whānautanga kōaro
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Polish:
poród pośladkowy
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Portuguese:
apresentação pélvica
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first
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Russian:
ро́ды при та́зовом предлежа́нии
(ródy pri tázovom predležánii)
— birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first