fetal distress

1. 1.

   an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm

   Synonymsfoetal distress

   Broaderabnormality

Questions about fetal distress

What does fetal distress mean?

fetal distress means "an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm".

What is another word for fetal distress?

Close synonyms include foetal distress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fetal distress a common word?

fetal distress is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.