breech birth
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6.7
- noun
- /briːtʃ bɜrθ/
- Specialized
:
parto de nalgas
- This is the category that contains breech birth and other malpresentations.
Examples
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It was a breech birth.
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What I was most afraid of was a breech birth.
Fiction book (1992) -
This could have gone so much worse for everyone, especially with a breech birth.
Blog text (2) -
Her pregnancy was discovered when she delivered her child in a breech birth into a toilet bowl.
Blog text (28) -
The breech birth scene with Chummy put me on the edge of my couch.
Blog text (14) -
And if my baby is breech, my doctor is trained in breech births.
Blog text (29) -
I'm confused... if there were no complications and she had a doctor there trained in breech births, how in the world is this "scary"?
Blog text (29) -
As a student midwife, the breech birth with Chummy as the sole midwife is by far my favorite scene in the entire first season.
Blog text (14) -
And while I fully understand why having a home birth was so important to Kimberly, I can't help but wonder if carrying out her wishes was really worth the risk, considering how many things could've possibly gone wrong with her son's breech birth.
Blog text (29) -
The doctor explained that a breech birth can lead to more complications during delivery.
Synonyms
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7.1
A birth when the baby comes feet or bottom first instead of head first
A birth when the baby is lying so its bottom comes out first
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'breech' (a childbirth presentation with feet or buttocks first) and 'birth' (the act of being born); the compound simply names a birth occurring in breech presentation. This noun–noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the full meaning.
Etymology
Breech birth comes from the old word breech, which meant the baby's 'bottom' or 'buttocks'. It describes a baby who is born 'feet or bottom first' instead of 'head first', so the name simply points to the way the baby comes out.