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FULL DILATATION [2 records]

Record 1 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Pregnancy
DEF

A condition in which there is bloody discharge from the uterus but the loss of blood is less than in inevitable abortion and there is no dilatation of the cervix; it may proceed to actual abortion or the symptoms may subside and the pregnancy go to full term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Grossesse
OBS

Elle se manifeste par : des métrorragies peu abondantes, brunâtres, noirâtres ou rouges, des pelvialgies à type de coliques utérines, une diminution de la tension mammaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pregnancy
DEF

The enlargement of the external os from an orifice a few millimeters in diameter to an aperture large enough to permit passage of the baby.

CONT

When the more or less circular opening into the lower segment of the uterus is about 10 cm. in diameter, cervical dilatation is said to be "complete" or "full. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grossesse
DEF

Le phénomène par lequel l'orifice du col, au début à peine perméable au doigt, s'ouvre peu à peu circulairement.

CONT

La dilatation du col s'apprécie par la mesure en centimètres du diamètre de l'orifice cervical.

Spanish

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