prolonged labor


prolonged labor

Obstetrics Labor of > 24 hrs duration, which may be due to a prolonged latent phase–> 20 hrs in a primigravida or > 14 hrs in a multipara, or due to a 'protraction disorder' in which there is protracted cervical dilatation in the active phase of labor and protracted descent of the fetus. See Labor.

prolonged labor

Abnormally slow progress of labor, lasting more than 20 hr. See: dystociaSee also: labor