cephalic version

cephalic version
a procedure for turning a fetus that is lying in a breech or transverse position so that its head will enter the birth canal first. It may give rise to complications and is therefore only carried out in selected cases.

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version in which the fetal head is brought down into the maternal pelvis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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