† mould-shotn.2
Obstetrics. Obsolete. rare.
A condition in which the skull is compressed in the pelvic canal during delivery, causing the cranial bones to ride over each other. Cf. head-mould-shot n.
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head-mould-shot1650
head-mould-shottenness1684
mould-shot1752
microcephalus1850
iniencephalus1857
microcephalism1861
microcephaly1863
plagiocephaly1873
trigonocephaly1878
trochocephaly1878
leontiasis1885
iniencephaly1902
1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 436 If the Ossa parietalia rise over the Os Frontis, the case is called the mould-shot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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