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appearance of blood forerunning labor or menstruation.

bloody show vaginal discharge of blood-tinged mucus; it usually means that the cervix has dilated somewhat and the onset of labor is imminent.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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1. An appearance.

2. First appearance of blood in beginning menstruation.

3. Sign of impending labor, characterized by the discharge from the vagina of a small amount of blood-tinged mucus representing the extrusion of the mucous plug which has filled the cervical canal during pregnancy.

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Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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(shō)

1. First appearance of blood in beginning menstruation.

2. Sign of impending labor, characterized by the discharge from the vagina of a small amount of blood-tinged mucus representing the extrusion of the mucus plug that has filled the cervical canal during pregnancy.

[A.S. sceáwe]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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