NALT

Preferred term

cervical ripening

Topic

A change in the cervix uteri with respect to its readiness to relax. The cervix normally becomes softer, more flexible, more distensible, and shorter in the final weeks of pregnancy. These cervical changes can also be chemically induced (labor, induced).

obstetric labor

cervix ripening

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

64757

Spanish

maduración cervical

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/229870

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Created 9/25/14, last modified 11/17/14