Taber's Medical Dictionary
pushing
In labor and delivery, bearing down forcefully in an effort to move the fetus through the birth canal.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Pushing." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774063/0/pushing.
Pushing. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774063/0/pushing. Accessed April 24, 2026.
Pushing. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774063/0/pushing
Pushing [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 24]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/774063/0/pushing.
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