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cephalic presentation (medicine) and chloroform (oh)


cephalic presentation (medicine)


cephalic presentation
Presentation of any part of the foetal head, usually the upper and back part as a result of flexion such that the chin is in contact with the thorax in vertex presentation; there may be degrees of flexion so that the presenting part is the large fontanel in sincipital presentation, the brow in brow presentation, or the face in face presentation.

Synonym: head presentation.


chloroform (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: chloroforme, from Greek chloro- ( CHLOROFLUOROCARBON) + French formyle 'chemical group that contains formic acid']
a liquid that makes you become unconscious if you breathe it
-- chloroform v [T]