delivery /de·liv·ery/ (de-liv´er-e) expulsion or extraction of the child and fetal membranes at birth.
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. 
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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.
| postmortem delivery n. The extraction of a fetus after its mother has died. |
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