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单词 podalic
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podalicadj.

Brit. /pɒˈdalɪk/, /pəˈdalɪk/, U.S. /pəˈdælɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek ποδ- , πούς , cephalic adj.
Etymology: Irregularly < ancient Greek ποδ-, πούς foot (see -pod comb. form) + -alic (in cephalic adj.), after French podalique (earliest in version podalique (1829 or earlier)). Compare slightly later podal adj.
Chiefly Obstetrics.
Of or relating to the feet. Earliest and chiefly in podalic version n. Obstetrics the procedure of changing the position of a fetus in the uterus so as to bring the feet to present in delivery; an instance of this.
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footeda1387
pedal1625
pedate1816
pedigerous1826
pedalian1830
podalic1839
1839 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 15 385 If we are called to an arm presentation or any demanding podalic version, before the escape of the liquor amnii, and we find the os uteri hard and undilatable, it will be advisable to wait until some change takes place.
1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. 508 Podalic Version, or Turning by the Feet, in which delivery by the feet is substituted for that by the original presenting part.
1883 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 15 194 She again seizes the feet and extracts it by a kind of podalic delivery.
1929 Dothan (Alabama) Eagle 5 Sept. 7/2 If you can do a podalic version on the kitchen table of a farmhouse... Then you are a real Country Doctor.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 16 107/1 The fetus was 4.8 cm. long from the vertex to the podalic extremity.
1998 R. Houlbrooke Death, Relig., & Family i. 22 The technique of podalic version improved the chances of maternal survival in some difficult births.
2001 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Money section) m04 Elastomeric podalic pads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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