dystocia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δυστοκία (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”), from τίκτω (tíktō, “I give birth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtoʊʃə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtəʊʃə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Hyphenation: dys‧to‧cia
Noun edit
dystocia (countable and uncountable, plural dystocias)
- (medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
- 2005, James Mahoney, “Primate Management: Medical Care”, in Sonia Wolfe-Coote, editor, The Laboratory Primate, page 256:
- In macaques, baboons and chimpanzees, dystocia because of breech birth is the commonest category of fetal death. […] Breech dystocia is rarely a problem for mother or neonates in small, multitocus species like marmosets and tamarins.
- 2006, Richard Aghababian, Essentials of Emergency Medicine[1], page 480:
- Dystocia is defined as difficult delivery. Pelvic dystocia is due to aberrations of the pelvic architecture and its relationship to the presenting fetal part. […] Fetal dystocia may be due to excessive fetal size from gestational diabetes or congenital anomalies.
- 2008, Dan Rice, The Complete Book of Dog Breeding, 2nd edition, page 96:
- Although fetal dystocias are sometimes relieved by manipulation and instrumentation, cesarean sections are often the only practical methods of treatment.
- 2009, James A. O′Leary, Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury: Prevention and Treatment, page 102:
- It is an appropriate way to allow resolution of the dystocia, after clearing the airway and checking for a nuchal cord.
The prevailing thinking is that the time window in which to resolve a shoulder dystocia before asphyxial insult (not injury) is about 4 minutes.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "difficult childbirth"): eutocia
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
slow or difficult labour or delivery
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