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syn·clit·ism (sinґklit-iz-əm) [Gr. synklinein to lean together] 1. parallelism between the planes of the fetal head and those of the pelvis. 2. normal, synchronous maturation of the nucleus and cytoplasm of blood cells. Cf. asynclitism. Called also syncliticism.Medical dictionary. 2011.
asynclitism — Absence of synclitism or parallelism; may be used, e.g., to refer to the axis of the presenting part of the child and the pelvic planes in childbirth, to the dental arches, or to the planes of the skull. SYN: obliquity. [G. a priv. + syn klino,… … Medical dictionary
synclitic — Relating to or marked by synclitism. * * * syn·clit·ic (sin klitґik) pertaining to or marked by synclitism … Medical dictionary
Litzmann obliquity — inclination of the fetal head so that the posterior parietal bone presents to the parturient canal; called also posterior asynclitism. Obliquity. (A), Concordance of the fetal and pelvic planes, synclitism; (B), Litzmann obliquity (posterior… … Medical dictionary
syncliticism — syn·clit·i·cism (sin klitґĭ siz əm) synclitism … Medical dictionary
