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disengagement

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disengagement /dis·en·gage·ment/ (dis″en-gāj´ment) emergence of the fetus from the vaginal canal.
dis·en·gage·ment (dsn-gjmnt)
n.
The emergence of the presenting part of the fetus from the vaginal canal during childbirth.

disen·gage v.

disengagement
[dis′engāj′mənt]
Etymology: Fr, disengager, to release from engagement
1 an obstetric manipulation in which the presenting part of the baby is dislodged from the maternal pelvis as part of an operative delivery. See also Kielland's rotation, version and extraction.
2 the release or detachment of oneself from other persons or responsibilities.
3 (in transactional family therapy) a role assumed by a nurse or other therapist in observing and restructuring intervention without becoming actively and directly involved in the problem.

disengagement [dis″en-gāj´ment]
emergence of the fetus, or part thereof, from the vaginal canal.

disengagement
emergence of the fetus, or part thereof, from the vaginal canal.


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