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presentation

presentation

3 8.2
The position of the baby in the womb before birth that affects delivery
  • noun
  • /ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : presentación
  • Mr. Briggs, the baby is in a breech presentation.

Examples

  • Colonoscopic examination at the current presentation revealed the colonic mucosa to be normal.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Most of these patients are between the ages of 20 and 30 years at presentation.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Detection of such cells in patients with widespread disease at presentation seems likely.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The mean age at presentation was two years (range one month to seven years).

    Academic text (2015)
  • The mean survival time is 9.6 months from the presentation of the oral lesion.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Her last menses was 8 weeks before presentation; normally she could have menses anywhere from a 4-6 week interval.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Retrospectively, one can appreciate that our patient had a typical presentation of laryngeal blastomycosis.

    Academic text (2002)
  • A year after her original presentation, she was admitted with right loin discomfort and haematuria.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Three months later, he underwent urgent contralateral carpal tunnel decompression for a similar presentation.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We found out at her last appointment that the fetus is in breech presentation.

Antonyms

malposition
  • Specialized
8.6

A body part or device being in the wrong place

Idioms

6.2

Give a presentation very well and confidently

Compounds

A talk given to a group, often at school or work

breech presentation
  • Specialized
1 6.3

The position of a baby in the womb with feet or bottom coming out first instead of the head

A short set of notes made to help someone speak during a talk

Surface Forms

presentation singular
presentations plural

Morphology

presentation = present (opaque) = present + ation

The obstetric sense (fetal position) is a specialized technical meaning not predictable from the general verb 'present'.

Etymology

In medicine the word presentation uses the same idea from present, meaning 'to come or be in front', so fetal presentation describes which part of the baby is 'in front' at the start of birth.