transverse presentation

noun Obstetrics.

presentation in which the fetus is turned with its long axis across the mouth of the uterus, at right angles to the axis of the birth canal.
Also called crossbirth.

Words nearby transverse presentation

transverse muscle of chin, transverse muscle of nape, transverse muscle of tongue, transverse nerve of neck, transverse plane, transverse presentation, transverse process, transverse rhombencephalic flexure, transverse scapular artery, transverse section, transverse sinus

Medical definitions for transverse presentation

transverse presentation

n.

An abnormal presentation during birth, neither head nor breech, in which the fetus is positioned transversely in the uterus across the axis of the birth canal.