postmaturityn.

1902 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynæcol. 2 524 Neither the dimensions of the fœtus, nor the degree of development of his tissues and organs, nor the history of the pregnancy, can be taken as certain proof of postmaturity.

1937 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 34 36 Kaern found that there was a definite relationship between postmaturity, excessive size of the fetus, and intrauterine death.

1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man i. 18 Another point in which man is biologically unique is the length and relative importance of his period of what we may call ‘post-maturity.’

1972 E. D. Morris in C. J. Dewhurst Integrated Obstetr. & Gynaecol. xxii. 383/1 Postmaturity can, in general, be said to be present when the pregnancy has continued so long beyond term that an extra risk to the foetus exists.

1997 Family Planning Perspectives 29 141/1 The main obstetric reasons for revising birth plans before labor were postmaturity, breech presentation and pregnancy-induced hypertension.