Baudelocque, Jean-Louis
(bō-dĕ-lok′)
Fr. obstetrician, 1745-1810.
Baudelocque diameter
The distance between the depression beneath the last lumbar vertebra and the margin of the symphysis pubis; the external conjugate diameter of the pelvis.
SYN: SEE: Baudelocque line
Baudelocque line
Baudelocque method
In obstetrics, manipulation to convert a fetal face presentation into a vertex presentation.
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