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dystocia [dɪsˈtəʊʃə]

(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) Med abnormal, slow, or difficult childbirth, usually because of disordered or ineffective contractions of the uterus

[New Latin, from Greek, from dus- (see dys-) + tokos childbirth + -ia]

dystocial adj

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No references found			Obstetric fistula is a condition caused notably by long or unrelieved obstructed labour. Environment, disarmament health activists share Swedish prize by AFP / AFP American Edition One quarter of these women die from post-partum haemorrhage, 15 percent from infections, 13 percent from complication in an abortion, 12 percent from eclampsia (a metabolism problem that causes hypertension and convulsions) and eight percent from obstructed labour. Childbirth 300 times riskier in poor countries than in rich: UNICEF by AFP / AFP Global Edition By the time they arrive here with obstructed labour, bleeding, and even ruptured uterus there is little we can do'. HORROR IN TANZANIA; HUDDERSFIELD DOCTOR'S DISMAY AT DESPERATE PLIGHT ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			obstetric clinic obstetric ward obstetrical obstetrical delivery obstetrical toad Obstetricate Obstetrication obstetrician Obstetricious obstetrics Obstetricy obstinacy obstinance obstinate obstinately Obstination obstipate obstipation obstreperous obstreperously obstreperousness obstriction Obstringe obstruct obstructed Obstructed labour Obstructer obstruction obstruction of justice obstructionism obstructionist obstructive obstructive shock obstructively obstructiveness obstructor obstruent Obstupefaction Obstupefactive Obstupefy obtain obtainable Obtainer obtaining by deception Obtainment obtect Obtected obtemper Obtemperate Obtend Obtenebration			obstipate obstipation obstipation obstipation Obstler Obstler OBSTLT OBSTN obstreperous obstreperous obstreperously obstreperously obstreperousness obstreperousness Obstriction Obstringe obstruct obstruct obstruct obstruct obstruct action obstruct by opposition obstruct one’s vision obstruct the course of descent obstruct work obstructed obstructed obstructed Obstructed bowel Obstructed Defecation Syndrome Obstructed labour Obstructed Line of Sight obstructed punctum obstructed punctum obstructed punctum obstructed stream obstructed testis obstructed testis obstructed testis obstructed testis obstructed venous drainage obstructed venous drainage obstructed venous drainage obstructer obstructer obstructer obstructing obstructing obstructing Obstructing process Obstructing Traffic obstructio obstruction obstruction obstruction obstruction obstruction obstruction beacon obstruction buoy Obstruction Identification Surface obstruction light

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dystocia (redirected from Obstructed labour)

dystocia
(redirected from Obstructed labour)