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English
Etymology
From cephalo- + pelvic.
Adjective
cephalopelvic (not comparable)
- Relating to the head (of a fetus) and the pelvis (of a mother)
2015 August 15, Jane Warland et al., “An international internet survey of the experiences of 1,714 mothers with a late stillbirth: the STARS cohort study”, in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, volume 15, →DOI:Responses which indicated that healthcare providers told parents something other than the main categories ( n = 29) were: lack of amniotic fluid ( n = 4), asphyxia ( n = 2), shoulder dystocia ( n = 2), stroke ( n = 2), uterine rupture ( n = 2) and one case of each of the following: fetal myocardial infarction, fetal weak heart, blood in the lungs, hypoxia, maternal fever, Rhesus antibodies, tentorial tear, cephalopelvic disproportion, cerebral haemorrhage, a fall down stairs, liver rupture, meconium aspiration, fibroids, prolonged rupture of membranes, compromised blood flow, macrosomia, and “statistics”.
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