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Dystocia(medicine)
dystocia(dictionary)
Dystocia(health)
dystocia, foetal(medicine)
dystocia, placental(medicine)
foetal dystocia(medicine)
maternal dystocia(medicine)
placental dystocia(medicine)
Cervical dystocia(health)

holoacardius (medicine) and Dystocia (health)


holoacardius (medicine)


holoacardius


A separate, grossly defective twin lacking a heart of its own, its blood supply being dependent on a shunt from the placental circulation of a more nearly normal twin; a placental parasitic twin or omphalosite.

Compare: acardius.

Origin: holo-+ G. A-priv. + kardia, heart


Dystocia (health)


When labor does not progress. Uterine dystocia is when contractions donot intensify; shoulder dystocia is when a baby's