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obliquity

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: obliquity

1
n
the quality of being deceptive
2
n
the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: obliquity
1

n the quality of being deceptive

Synonyms:
deceptiveness
Types:
meretriciousness, speciousness
an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
Type of:
dishonesty
the quality of being dishonest
2

n the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

Synonyms:
asynclitism
Type of:
abnormalcy, abnormality
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
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