SYN: asynclitism.
- Litzmann o. inclination of the fetal head so that the biparietal diameter is oblique in relation to the plane of the pelvic brim, the posterior parietal bone presenting to the parturient canal. SYN: posterior asynclitism.
- Nägele o. inclination of the fetal head in cases of flat pelvis, so that the biparietal diameter is oblique in relation to the plane of the pelvic brim, the anterior parietal bone presenting to the parturient canal. SYN: anterior asynclitism.
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obliq·ui·ty ō-'blik-wət-ē, ə- n, pl -ties the quality or state of being oblique: deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity also the amount of such deviation
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obliq·ui·ty (o-blikґwĭ-te) the state of being oblique, or slanting.Medical dictionary. 2011.