breech delivery

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noun Obstetrics.

the delivery of an infant with the feet or buttocks appearing first.

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Origin of breech delivery

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby breech delivery

breech, breech baby, breech birth, breechblock, breechcloth, breech delivery, breeches, breeches buoy, breeches part, breeching, breechless

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How to use breech delivery in a sentence

Should capability delivery experience additional changes, this estimate will be revised appropriately.
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It also helps pilots orientate themselves during weapons delivery passes.
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And this week it was Mister Ham, General Delivery, United States.
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Fewer women are shackled during labor and delivery (PDF), though this still occurs.
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A powdered form of the measles vaccine could make delivery safer and easier around the world.
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A delivery of a policy therefore, to an insurance broker, would be a delivery to his principal.
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If the offeree sent a telegram, then he would be obliged to prove the delivery of the dispatch.
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There must be an actual delivery by him, and though a deed may be completed in every other respect, it is not an effective deed.
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Suppose a deed were mailed to the grantee, or handed to another person to deliver to the grantee, this would be a good delivery.
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The contract becomes complete when the policy is put in the mail, postage prepaid, for delivery in due course to the insured.
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British Dictionary definitions for breech delivery

breech delivery

noun

birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first

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Scientific definitions for breech delivery

breech delivery

[ brēch ]

Delivery of a fetus with the buttocks or feet appearing first.