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whirligig(dictionary)
whirligig(medicine)
Perinatal(health)
perinatal(dictionary)
Perinatal(medicine)
perinatal(dictionary)
perinatal torsion(medicine)
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perinatal medicine(medicine)

Perinatal asphyxia (health) and whirligig (iou)


Perinatal asphyxia (health)


When a fetus or baby has too little oxygen in the blood before, during, or after birth.





whirligig (iou)



whirligig noun, adjective, adverb, & verb. LME.
[from WHIRLI(NG adjective or WHIRLY + GIG noun1. Cf. TWIRLIGIG.]
A. noun.
Any of various toys that are whirled or spun round; spec., a toy with four arms like miniature windmill-sails, which whirl round when it is moved through the air. LME.
Any of various mechanical devices having a whirling or rotatory movement; spec. (a) a former instrument of punishment consisting of a large cage suspended on a pivot; (b) a merry-go-round. L15.
(A) rapid circling movement; something characterized by constant frantic activity or change; a whirl. L16.
R. Macaulay Life is a whirligig, and who knows what next? H. Jacobson The whirligig of reason came to rest at truth.
b. A fickle, flighty, or lively person. Cf. GIG noun1 1. arch. E17.
More fully whirligig beetle. Any of various small water beetles of the family Gyrinidae, which have paddle-like legs and are freq. found in large numbers circling rapidly over the surface of still water. E18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Resembling a whirligig; characterized by a whirling movement. L16.
Sir W. Scott The changes of this trumpery whirligig world.
C. adverb. With a whirling movement. rare. L16.
D. verb intrans. & trans. with it. Infl. -gg-. Whirl, spin round. L16.