distokia

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυστοκία (dustokía, “difficult childbirth”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”), from τίκτω (tíktō, “I give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /distoˈkia/ [dis.t̪oˈki.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: dis‧to‧ki‧a

Noun

distokia (uncountable)

  1. (obstetrics, pathology) dystocia: a slow or difficult labour or delivery.

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