DELIVERY

n. De-li2v'u6r-i2. Lat., part us (1st def.). Fr., accouchement (1st def.). Ger., Entbindunq (1st def.). It., Sp., par to (1st def.). 1. The proce of being delivered of a foetus. 2. The mode in which a ve el or tube gives exit to a liquid, a gas, or a powder. Breech d. Lat., part us clunibus praiviis. Fr., accouchement par le siege. Ger., Stei geburt. It., par to di chiappa. Sp., par to de nalgas. D. with the oreech presenting. Face d. Lat., part us facie prcevia (seu prceversa). Fr., accouchement de face. Ger., Gesichtsgeburt. It., par to di faccia. Sp., par to de car a. D. with a face presentation. [A, 112.] Head d. Lat., part us capite prcevio. Fr., accouchement de tete. Ger., Kopfgeburt. It., par to di testa. Sp., par to de cabeza. D. in which the cephalic pole of the foatus presents. [A, 112.] Immature d. See MISCARRIAGE. Premature d. The occurrence of d. at any time between the earliest period of viability and the maturity of the foetus; in the human subject, between the twenty-eighth and the thirty-eighth weeks of gestation. [A, 22.] Of. ABORTION and MIS- ' CARRIAGE. Vertex d. Lat.., part us cranio prcevio. Fr., accouchement de crane. Ger., Schadelgeburt. It., par to di crania. Sp., par to de crdneo. D. in which the vertex presents. [A, 112.J [s. 524]