different between dystocial vs dystocia

English

Etymology

From dystocia +? -al.

Adjective

dystocial (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to or characterised by dystocia; having had a difficult birth.
   • 1952, George Morris Piersol, John Henry Moyer, The Cyclopedia of Medicine, Surgery and Specialties, page 155,

     Again to point out the value of x-ray pelvimetry, only 42.5 per cent of the patients who were referred to the dystocial clinic because of clinically suspected contracted pelves had them according to the Mengert indices by x-ray.

   • 1987, M. Vermorel, Effects of climatic conditions on energy metabolism and performance of calves, M. W. A. Verstegen, A. M. Henken (editors), Energy Metabolism in Farm Animals: Effects of Housing, Stress, and Disease, page 184,

     By contrast, low-vitality calves, especially dystocial calves, are unable to withstand adverse climatic conditions.

   • 2000, Otto M. Radostits, Clive C. Gay, Douglas C. Blood, Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses, 9th Edition, page 131,

     However, there is a relationship between the occurrence of cold weather and calf deaths, including those due to the ‘weak calf syndrome’ and deficiencies in thermoregulation occur in animals born prematurely and in dystocial calves.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”), from ???- (dus-, “bad”) + ????? (tókos, “childbirth”), from ????? (tíkt?, “I give birth”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?to???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?t????/
• Hyphenation: dys?to?cia

Noun

dystocia (countable and uncountable, plural dystocias)

1. (medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery.
   • 2005, James Mahoney, Primate Management: Medical Care, Sonia Wolfe-Coote (editor), The Laboratory Primate, page 256,

     In macaques, baboons and chimpanzees, dystocia because of breech birth is the commonest category of fetal death. […] Breech dystocia is rarely a problem for mother or neonates in small, multitocus species like marmosets and tamarins.

   • 2008, Dan Rice, The Complete Book of Dog Breeding, 2nd Edition, page 96:

     Although fetal dystocias are sometimes relieved by manipulation and instrumentation, cesarean sections are often the only practical methods of treatment.

   • 2009, James A. O?Leary, Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury: Prevention and Treatment, page 102:

     It is an appropriate way to allow resolution of the dystocia, after clearing the airway and checking for a nuchal cord.

     The prevailing thinking is that the time window in which to resolve a shoulder dystocia before asphyxial insult (not injury) is about 4 minutes.

Antonyms

• (difficult childbirth): eutocia

Derived terms

• dystocial

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