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true conjugate

[TA]

the diameter that represents the shortest diameter through which the head must pass in descending into the superior strait and measures, by means of x-ray, the distance from the promontory of the sacrum to a point on the inner surface of the symphysis a few millimeters below its upper margin.

Synonym(s): conjugata vera [TA], obstetric conjugate diameter, obstetric conjugate

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