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deflexion

Pronunciation: dĕ-fleks′shŭn
Term used to describe the position of the fetal head in relation to the maternal pelvis in which the head is descending in a nonflexed or extended attitude.

[de- + L. flexio, a bending, fr. flecto, pp. flexum, to bend]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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