Nagele's obliquity

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• Nägele — Franz K., German obstetrician, 1777–1851. See N. obliquity, N. pelvis, N. rule …   Medical dictionary

• obliquity — 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 …   Medical dictionary

• asynclitism — Absence of synclitism or parallelism; may be used, e.g., to refer to the axis of the presenting part of the child and the pelvic planes in childbirth, to the dental arches, or to the planes of the skull. SYN: obliquity. [G. a priv. + syn klino,… …   Medical dictionary