delivery obstetrical delivery | the act of delivering a child |
rescue deliverance delivery saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
jail delivery | the use of force to liberate prisoners |
pitch delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter |
breech delivery breech birth breech presentation | delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first |
frank breech frank breech delivery | position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet |
d cesarean delivery caesarean delivery caesarian delivery cesarean section cesarian section caesarean section caesarian section C-section cesarean cesarian caesarean caesarian abdominal delivery a b a a | the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
forceps delivery | delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal, since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries |
delivery bringing | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail), his reluctant delivery of bad news |
healthcare delivery health care delivery care delivery | the provision of health care |
overindulgence excess | excessive indulgence, the child was spoiled by overindulgence |
delivery livery legal transfer | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another |
delivery truck delivery van panel truck | a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers |
excess excessiveness inordinateness | immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
excess surplus surplusage nimiety | a quantity much larger than is needed |
rural free delivery RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
special delivery | mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) |
manner of speaking speech delivery | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally, his manner of speaking was quite abrupt, her speech was barren of southernisms, I detected a slight accent in his speech |
delivery | the event of giving birth, she had a difficult delivery |
general delivery poste restante | the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it |
liposomal delivery vector | a transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interest |
transducing vector gene delivery vector | a vector for delivering genes into cells |
viral delivery vector | a transducing vector that uses a retrovirus |
deliveryman delivery boy deliverer | someone employed to make deliveries |
surfeit excess overabundance | the state of being more than full |
excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplu | more than is needed, desired, or required, trying to lose excess weight, found some extra change lying on the dresser, yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant, skills made redundant by technological advance, sleeping in the spare room, supernumerary ornamentation, it was supererogatory of her to gloat, delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words, extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts, surplus cheese distributed to the needy |
C.O.D. COD cash on delivery | collecting the charges upon delivery, mail a package C.O.D. |