Definition of Fetal distress

1. Noun. An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm.

Exact synonyms: Foetal Distress
Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetal Distress

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Literary usage of Fetal distress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Burden of Suffering: Intrapartum fetal distress is an important cause of stillbirth and ... Although the exact incidence of fetal distress is uncertain, ..."

2. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"Doppler Blood Flow Velocity Prediction of Clinical fetal distress A wide range ... The outcome measures have usually been clinical fetal distress leading to ..."

3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In addition, normal or equivocal heart rate patterns do not exclude the diagnosis of fetal distress.5 Precise information on the frequency of false-negative ..."

4. The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of by Jacques Vallee (2003)
"Thus a woman named Cathy Watson reported that she had been searching the web for articles on fetal distress when a series of ads popped up on her screen: ..."

5. Current Issues in Women's Health: An FDA Consumer Special Report by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"That, in turn, could cause fetal distress. While those risks aren't eliminated with the use of a pump, they are substantially reduced. ..."

6. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"In addition, questions dealing with the difficulty of the birth should be included because fetal distress, low birth weight, prolonged labor, ..."

7. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1922)
"Close auscultation shows many more cases of minor degrees of fetal distress than are ordinarily believed, and these can, in almost every instance, ..."

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