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dystocia

noun/dɪsˈtəʊsiə/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Difficult or obstructed labour, such as when the shoulders fail to deliver easily after the head.

The midwife called for help and began manoeuvres the moment shoulder dystocia was recognised.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics 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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