asynclitism
[ah-sin´klĭ-tizm] oblique presentation of the fetal head in labor, called anterior asynclitism when the anterior parietal bone is designated the point of presentation, and posterior asynclitism when the posterior parietal bone is so designated.
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a·syn·cli·tism
(ă-sin'kli-tizm), Absence of synclitism or parallelism; may be used, for example, to refer to the axis of the presenting part of the child and the pelvic planes in childbirth, to the dental arches, or to the planes of the cranium.
[G. a- priv. + syn-klinō, to incline together]
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a·syn·cli·tism
(ă-sin'kli-tizm) Absence of synclitism or parallelism; may be used, e.g., to refer to the axis of the presenting part of the child and the pelvic planes in childbirth, to the dental arches, or to the planes of the skull.
Synonym(s):
obliquity.
[G. a- priv. + syn-klinō, to incline together]
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a·syn·cli·tism
(ă-sin'kli-tizm) Absence of parallelism in dental arches or cranial planes.
[G. a- priv. + syn-klinō, to incline together]
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