Taber's Medical Dictionary
Bishop score
(bish′ŏp )
A system for evaluating the potential for successful elective induction of labor. Factors assessed include fetal station, cervical position, effacement, dilation, and consistency. Each factor receives a score of 0, 1, 2, or 3, for the maximum predictive total score of 15. The lower the score, the greater the possibility that labor induction will fail.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bishop Score." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763245/all/Bishop_score.
Bishop score. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763245/all/Bishop_score. Accessed May 16, 2025.
Bishop score. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763245/all/Bishop_score
Bishop Score [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 16]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763245/all/Bishop_score.
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