Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fetal_distress

1 sense of fetal distress

Sense 1
fetal distress, foetal distress -- (an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm)
       => abnormality, abnormalcy -- (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)