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crowning

noun

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The moment during delivery when the widest part of the baby's head becomes visible at the vaginal opening.

At crowning I asked her to pant rather than push to protect the perineum.

Topic: Maternity in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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