Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Measurement of the dimensions and capacity of the pelvis, especially of the adult female pelvis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The method or practice of measuring the pelvis; measurement of the pelvis, especially for obstetrical purposes.
- noun In zoology, the determination of the form of the pelvis by means of measurement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The measurement of the pelvis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
assessment of thefemale pelvis in relation to thebirth of ababy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Intrapartum X-ray pelvimetry has not proven to be useful.
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In experienced hands manual pelvimetry may be useful.
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The available trials of X-ray pelvimetry show an increase of interventions like caesarean section, but no benefits in terms of reduced neonatal morbidity (Parsons and Spellacy 1985).
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Prospective randomized study of X-ray pelvimetry in the primigravida.
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X-ray pelvimetry during pregnancy and labour increases the incidence of leukaemia in infancy, and should be abolished (Stewart et al 1956,
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