breech presentation
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- noun
- /briːtʃ ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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presentación de nalgas
- In infants, congenital muscular torticollis is one of the most common musculoskeletal abnormalities, generally caused by difficult labor such as breech presentation.
Examples
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Mr. Briggs, the baby is in a breech presentation.
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Early labor progressed healthily with no suggestion of any concerns until I had an internal exam in the hospital at 3 cm dilation, at which time the doctor discovered that the baby was now in frank breech presentation.
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The doctor explained that a breech presentation means the baby is positioned to be delivered feet or buttocks first.
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During the ultrasound, we learned that the fetus is in breech presentation, which can complicate the delivery.
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A breech presentation often leads to the recommendation for a cesarean section to ensure a safe delivery.
Synonyms
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A baby born feet or bottom first during birth
A baby before birth with its bottom nearest the birth canal and legs straight up near the head
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'breech' denotes feet- or buttocks-first fetal position and 'presentation' denotes the fetus's orientation for delivery, so their combination transparently describes that specific fetal position. This is a descriptive, technical noun–noun combination (similar terms exist cross-linguistically), so a learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Breech presentation comes from breech, an old word for the baby's 'bottom' or 'rear', and presentation, meaning how the baby shows itself at birth. It gives the picture of a baby with its breech pointing down so the 'head' does not come out first, so today it means a baby that will be 'born feet or bottom first'.