vagitus uterinus

English

Etymology

Modern medical coinage from Latin vagitus (“cry”) + uterinus (“of the womb”)

Noun

vagitus uterinus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The crying of a foetus from within the womb following rupture of the membranes, which in some cases allows air to reach inside the womb.
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