- breech delivery
- noundelivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first• Syn: ↑breech birth, ↑breech presentation• Hypernyms: ↑delivery, ↑obstetrical delivery• Hyponyms: ↑frank breech, ↑frank breech delivery
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noun: delivery of a fetus with the breech appearing first* * *
Obstet.the delivery of an infant with the feet or buttocks appearing first.[1880-85]* * *
breech birth or breech delivery nounOne in which the buttocks, and sometimes also the feet, of the baby come first• • •Main Entry: ↑breech————————breech delivery see ↑breech birth above.• • •Main Entry: ↑breech* * *
Main entry: breech birth* * *
breech delivery,the birth of a child with the feet or buttocks first, rather than the head.* * *
a birth in which the baby's bottom or feet come out of the mother first
Useful english dictionary. 2012.