abnormal presentation

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• Presentation (Obstetrics) — Presentation in Obstetrics refers to the relationship between the leading fetal part and the pelvic inlet: cephalic, breech, or shoulder presentation. A malpresentation is an abnormal (non vertex) presentation.Thus the various presentations are:… …   Wikipedia

• presentation — That part of the fetus presenting at the superior strait of the maternal pelvis; occiput, chin, and sacrum are, respectively, the determining points in vertex, face, and breech p.. SEE ALSO …   Medical dictionary

• presentation — n. the part of the fetus that is closest to the birth canal and can be felt on inserting a finger into the vagina. Normally the back of the head (vertex) presents, the most favourable position for delivery being occipital anterior (see occiput).… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Cephalic presentation — Classification and external resources Vertex presentation, occiput anterior, William Smellie, 1792 ICD 10 O …   Wikipedia

• malpresentation — Faulty presentation of the fetus; presentation of any part other than the occiput. * * * mal·pre·sen·ta·tion .mal .prē zen tā shən, .prez ən n abnormal presentation of the fetus at birth * * * n. the condition in which the presenting part of the… …   Medical dictionary

• malpresentation — “+ noun Etymology: mal (I) + presentation : abnormal presentation of the fetus at birth …   Useful english dictionary

• Caesarean section — Intervention A team of obstetricians performing a Caesarean section in a modern hospital. ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• malpresentation — mælprɪːzn teɪʃn / prez n. abnormal presentation of a fetus at birth (Obstetrics) …   English contemporary dictionary

• malpresentations — mælprɪːzn teɪʃn / prez n. abnormal presentation of a fetus at birth (Obstetrics) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Dysplasia — Abnormal in form. From the Greek dys (bad, disordered, abnormal) and plassein (to form). For example, retinal dysplasia is abnormal formation of the retina during embryonic development. * * * Abnormal tissue development. SEE ALSO: heteroplasia.… …   Medical dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary