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Definition of Induction of labor
1. Noun. (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Induction Of Labor
Literary usage of Induction of labor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"Induction of Labor Terminating in Death from Infection by the Gas Bacillus.
—CHERRY (Am. Jour. Obst., June, 1916) reports the case of a negress, ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"SEVERE PUERPERAL ECLAMPSIA—THE IMMEDIATE induction of labor; RECOVERY. BY WILLIAM H.
MORRISON, MD [Bead February 11, 1891.] A BRIEF examination of the ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"By that I mean that ordinarily there is no hurry about the induction of labor
when broken compensation is present so that if not successful the patient is ..."
4. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"The artificial interruption of pregnancy at any subsequent period is known as
the induction of labor. INDICATIONS FOR THE INDUCTION OF ABORTION Most ..."
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