Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Cross-birth

Cross′-birthˊ

(krŏs′bẽrthˊ)
,
Noun.
(Med.)
Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

Definition 2024


cross-birth

cross-birth

See also: crossbirth

English

Noun

cross-birth (plural cross-births)

  1. (medicine) A birth in which the fetus is positioned with neither the head nor the feet lying in the direction of the birth canal.