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nuchal cord
Subclass of:
Pregnancy Complications; Fetal Diseases
Definitions related to nuchal cord:
  • A complication of pregnancy and delivery in which the umbilical cord wraps around the fetal neck once or multiple times.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A complication of pregnancy in which the UMBILICAL CORD wraps around the fetal neck once or multiple times. In some cases, cord entanglement around fetal neck may not affect pregnancy outcome significantly. In others, the nuchal cord may lead to restricted fetal blood flow, oxygen transport, fetal development, fetal movement, and complicated delivery at birth.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • An umbilical cord that has become looped around the fetus's neck from movement in utero.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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