Terms vs Amnihook - What's the difference?
terms | amnihook |
(medicine) A baton with a slightly hooked end, used to perform amniotomy.
* 2005 , Roberta Pavy Ramont, Dolores Maldonado Niedringhaus, Mary Ann Towle, Comprehensive nursing care
* 2007 , Denis Walsh, Evidence-based care for normal labour and birth: a guide for midwives (page 41)
As nouns the difference between terms and amnihook
is that terms is while amnihook is (medicine) a baton with a slightly hooked end, used to perform amniotomy.amnihook
English
Noun
(en noun)- The physician/nurse midwife inserts an amnihook through the cervix and perforates the amniotic membranes. Labor contractions may begin within a few hours.
- The conclusions suggest that every delivery suite should have, alongside the sundry ampoules of oxytocin and packs of disposable amnihooks , birthing pools available.
