delivery

delivery /de·liv·ery/ (de-liv´er-e) expulsion or extraction of the child and fetal membranes at birth.

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abdominal delivery  delivery of an infant through an incision made into the intact uterus through the abdominal wall.

breech delivery  delivery in which the fetal buttocks present first.

forceps delivery  extraction of the child from the maternal passages by application of forceps to the fetal head; designated low or midforceps delivery according to the degree of engagement of the fetal head and high when engagement has not occurred.

Forceps delivery.

postmortem delivery  delivery of a child after death of the mother.

spontaneous delivery  birth of an infant without any aid from an attendant.

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de·liv·er·y (d-lv-r, -lvr)

n.

The expulsion or extraction of a child and the fetal membranes through the birth canal into the external world.

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delivery

expulsion or extraction of the young and fetal membranes at birth.

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abdominal delivery

delivery of a neonate through an incision made into the uterus through the abdominal wall (cesarean section).

delivery per vaginam

normal birth, the fetus being delivered through the vagina; in contrast to a cesarean delivery.

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delivery Obstetrics The passage of a fetus and placenta via the birth canal to the stage called life. See Breech delivery, Vaginal delivery, Vaginal delivery after cesarean section delivery, Vertex delivery Pharmacology The actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of any item regulated under a jurisdiction's controlled substance legislation. See Drug delivery Therapeutics See Drug delivery.