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asynclitism

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asynclitism /asyn·cli·tism/ (ah-sing´kli-tizm)
1. oblique presentation of the fetal head in labor, called anterior a. when the anterior parietal bone is designated the point of presentation, and posterior a. when the posterior parietal bone is so designated.
2. maturation at different times of the nucleus and cytoplasm of blood cells.
a·syn·cli·tism (-snkl-tzm, -sn-)
n.
Absence of synclitism or parallelism between the axis of the presenting part of the fetus and the pelvic planes during childbirth. Also called obliquity.


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