Baudelocque, Jean L.

Baudelocque,

Jean L., French obstetrician, 1746-1810. Baudelocque diameter - the distance in a straight line between the depression under the last spinous process of the lumbar vertebrae and the upper edge of the pubic symphysis. Synonym(s): external conjugateBaudelocque uterine circle - a constriction of the uterus resulting from obstructed labor, one of the classic signs of threatened rupture of the uterus. Synonym(s): pathologic retraction ring