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MOVEMENT OF RESTITUTION

\mˈuːvmənt ɒv ɹɪstɪtjˈuːʃən], \mˈuːvmənt ɒv ɹɪstɪtjˈuːʃən], \m_ˈuː_v_m_ə_n_t ɒ_v ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of MOVEMENT OF RESTITUTION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A partial rotation of the fetal head, in cases of head presentation, whereby after its expulsion it resumes the attitude occupied by it before the turn that immediately preceded its expulsion.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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