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FOETAL DISTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foetal distress mean?
• FOETAL DISTRESS (noun)
The noun FOETAL DISTRESS has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
Familiarity information: FOETAL DISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
fetal distress; foetal distress
Hypernyms ("foetal distress" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
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