đẻ ngược
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To be a breech birth / to be breech: A medical term describing a fetus positioned in the uterus so that its buttocks or feet are presented at the cervix during labor, rather than the head. This is a less common and often more complicated presentation for childbirth.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Siêu âm cho thấy thai nhi có thể đẻ ngược. (The ultrasound showed the fetus might be breech.)
- Bác sĩ phát hiện em bé đẻ ngược vào tháng cuối thai kỳ. (The doctor discovered the baby was in a breech position in the final month of pregnancy.)
- Trường hợp đẻ ngược đôi khi cần mổ đẻ. (A breech birth sometimes requires a cesarean section.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in medical or midwifery contexts. In general conversation, the description "em bé ngôi mông" (the baby is in a buttocks-first position) is also commonly used to explain the situation.
Variants and Related Words
Ngôi ngược (n): Breech presentation. The formal medical term for the position.
- Ngôi ngược là một tư thế bất thường của thai nhi. (Breech presentation is an abnormal fetal position.)
Sanh ngôi mông (v): To give birth to a breech baby (alternative phrasing, common in Southern Vietnam).
- Cô ấy đã sanh ngôi mông một cách tự nhiên. (She delivered a breech baby naturally.)
Synonyms
- Breech birth: The event of being born buttocks or feet first.
- Breech presentation: The condition of the fetus being positioned for a breech birth.
Related Medical Terms
- Đẻ khó: Difficult labor. Breech presentation is one potential cause of difficult labor.
- Xoay thai ngoài: External cephalic version (ECV). A procedure where a doctor attempts to turn a breech baby to a head-down position before labor.