Main Entry: asyn·clit·ism Pronunciation: (')A-'sin-kl&-"tiz-&m, -'si[ng]- Function: noun : presentation of the fetal head duringchildbirth with the axis oriented obliquely to the axial planes of the pelvis
asynclitism a·syn·cli·tism (ā-sĭn'klĭ-tĭz'əm, ə-sĭn'-) n. Absence of synclitism or parallelism between the axis of the presenting part of the fetus and the pelvic planes during childbirth. Also called obliquity.
