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dystocia

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dystocia [dɪsˈtəʊʃə]
n
(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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Cases were defined as animals that died of an infectious disease (parasitic, bacterial, viral, or mycotic, n = 75), and controls as those that died because of acute physical trauma, by-catch, or dystocia (n = 161).
The Effect of Continuous Epidural Analgesia on Cesarean Section for Dystocia in Nulliparous Women," Am J Obstet Gynecol 161, no.
The study, conducted in 1999-2000, included 99 nulliparous women with a diagnosis of dystocia (i.
 
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