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Barnes curve

(barnz),
a curve corresponding in general with Carus curve, being the segment of a circle whose center is the promontory of the sacrum.
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Barnes curve

(bahrnz kŭrv)
A curve corresponding in general with Carus curve, being the segment of a circle the center of which is the promontory of the sacrum.
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Barnes,

Robert, English obstetrician, 1817-1907.
Barnes curve - a curve corresponding in general with Carus curve, being the segment of a circle whose center is the promontory of the sacrum.
Barnes zone - the lower fourth of the pregnant uterus, attachment of the placenta to any part of which may cause dangerous hemorrhage. Synonym(s): cervical zone
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