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Definition of: synclitism
(sing′klə·tiz′əm) noun Med.
The lateral turning of the fetal head in a natural presentation at childbirth, thus bringing the cranial planes into parallelism with the planes of the maternal pelvis. [<Gk. syn- together + klitikos <klinein incline, turn aside]
—syn·clit′ic adjective
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