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Asynclitism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Asynclitism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

2

The position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abnormality
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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