Fried·man curve (fr d m n)n. A graphic representation of the hours of labor plotted against cervical dilation in centimeters. |
Friedman curve
[frēd′mən]
Etymology: Emanuel A. Friedman, American obstetrician, b. 1926
a graph depicting the progress of labor, prepared by labor attendants to facilitate detection of dysfunctional labor. Observations of cervical dilation and fetal descent are plotted on the vertical axis against time on the horizontal axis. The labor curve is divided into latent and active phases, with the latter subdivided into latent, acceleration, maximum slope, and deceleration.
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