| 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 |
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 |
rural free delivery
RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
| advice and consent | a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making |
| special delivery | mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) |
| advice | a proposal for an appropriate course of action |
| admonition monition warning word of advice | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness), a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality, the warning was to beware of surprises, his final word of advice was not to play with matches |
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 |
C.O.D.
COD
cash on delivery | collecting the charges upon delivery, mail a package C.O.D. |