tún wèi qǔ tāi shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
breech extraction (medicine)
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Original source entry:

臀位取胎術 臀位取胎术 [tun2 wei4 qu3 tai1 shu4] /breech extraction (medicine)/

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Other forms in these source records: 臀位取胎術

  • 臀
    tún

    buttocks / hips / rump

  • 位
    wèi

    position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

  • 取
    qǔ

    to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

  • 胎
    tāi

    fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire

  • 术
    zhú

    (bound form) Atractylodes (genus of perennial herbs in the daisy family, used in TCM)

    shù

    (bound form) art / skill / discipline / (bound form) method / technique / strategy

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