vagitus uterinus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vagitus uterinus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The crying of a foetus from within the uterus following rupture of the membranes.