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Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Université Concordia, 1988

  Définition

  The moving of the baby into the lower part of the abdomen in the late stages of pregnancy.

  Note :

  The descent of the womb into the peivic cavity at a late stage of pregnancy, usually two to three weeks before labor begins but sometimes, in women who have given birth previously, not until the onset of labor, lightening occurs when the head of the fetus turns down towards the vagina.

  Terme :

  1. lightening