Usually means: Baby positioned feet or buttocks first.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. breech birth: Merriam-Webster
  2. breech birth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breech birth: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. breech birth: Collins English Dictionary
  5. breech birth: Vocabulary.com
  6. breech birth: Wiktionary
  7. breech birth: Dictionary.com
  8. Breech birth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. breech birth: Rhymezone
  10. breech birth: FreeDictionary.org
  11. breech birth: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. breech birth: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. breech birth: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. breech birth: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Breech birth: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. breech birth: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  5. Breech birth: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breech birth)

noun:  A birth in which the baby comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet, or knees first, instead of the more usual position of headfirst.

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