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 |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
term | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial, the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree |
degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
rural free delivery RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
term | a word or expression used for some particular thing, he learned many medical terms |
term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term |
special delivery | mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) |
term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition, the major term of a syllogism must occur twice |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
condition term | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement, the contract set out the conditions of the lease, the terms of the treaty were generous |
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 |
slang slang expression slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
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 |
term infant | infant born at a gestational age between and completed weeks |
term insurance | lowost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value, term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies |
half-term | a short vacation about halfway through a school term, he came to visit at half-term |
term | a limited period of time, a prison term, he left school before the end of term |
prison term sentence time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
school term academic term academic session session | the time during which a school holds classes, they had to shorten the school term |
term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
presidency presidential term administration | the tenure of a president, things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration |
vice-presidency vice-presidential term | the tenure of a vice president |
lease term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect |
tenure term of office incumbency | the term during which some position is held |
enlistment hitch term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour | a period of time spent in military service |
carry to term | carry out a pregnancy, She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective |
term | name formally or designate with a term |
long-run long-term semipermanent | relating to or extending over a relatively long time, the long-run significance of the elections, the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war, a long-term investment |
short-run short-term | relating to or extending over a limited period, short-run planning, a short-term lease, short-term credit |