See Also: resupine(dictionary)
breech(medicine)
breech(dictionary)
Breech(health)
breech(1)(dictionary)
breech(2)(dictionary)
presentation, breech(medicine)
Breech presentation(health)
delivery, breech(medicine)
Bear's-breech(medicine)

Breech presentation (health) and resupine (iou)


Breech presentation (health)


When the baby's bottom or feet - rather than the head - face the mother's cervix as labor nears. Three to four percent of full-term babies are positioned this way.





resupine (iou)



resupine adjective. E17.
[Latin resupinus, formed as RE- + SUPINE adjective.]
Listless, apathetic. rare. E-M17.
Lying on the back; inclined backwards. M17.