"dystocia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈtoʊʃə/ [General-American], /dɪsˈtəʊʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dystocia.wav Forms: dystocias [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυστοκία (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”), from τίκτω (tíktō, “I give birth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|δυστοκία||difficult childbirth}} Ancient Greek δυστοκία (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dystocia (countable and uncountable, plural dystocias)
  1. (medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery. Wikipedia link: dystocia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine Derived forms: dystocial Translations (slow or difficult labour or delivery): δυστοκία (dustokía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), dystokia (Finnish), Gebärschwierigkeit [feminine] (German), δυστοκία (dystokía) [feminine] (Greek), 難産 (nanzan) (alt: なんざん) (Japanese), дисто́ция (distócija) [feminine] (Russian), патологи́ческие ро́ды (patologíčeskije ródy) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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