| breech delivery | <obstetrics> The extraction or expulsion of the foetus which occurs buttocks or feet first. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| perimortem delivery | Extraction of the foetus after the death of its mother. Synonym: perimortem delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| midforceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head before the criteria of low forceps delivery have been met, but after engagement has taken place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem delivery | Extraction of the foetus after the death of its mother. Synonym: perimortem delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| premature delivery | Birth of a foetus before its proper time. See: premature birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| high forceps delivery | Delivery by forceps applied to the foetal head before engagement has taken place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spontaneous cephalic delivery | Unassisted expulsion of a foetus that presents by the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delivery | Expulsion or extraction of the child and the after-birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery, breech | A breech delivery is birth, buttocks first. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery, footling | There are single-footling or double-footling deliveries depending upon whether the presenting part of the baby at delivery is just one foot or both feet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery of health care | The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery of health care, integrated | A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (coddington et al., integrated health care: reorganizing the physician, hospital and health plan relationship, 1994, p7) (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery rooms | Hospital units equipped for childbirth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delivery system | A manmade system with the purpose of delivering a drug or another chemical directly into a cellular target, such as a via a manmade vesicle called a liposome. (09 Oct 1997) |
| delivery, vertex | In a vertex delivery, the top of the baby's head comes first. The vertex here refers to the top of the head The word vertex in Latin means a whirlpool, whirlwind, top of the mountain, or the top of the head. Why top of the head ? Because the hairs on the top of the head often form a whorl, a whirl-like pattern. (12 Dec 1998) |