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inertia noun apathy, dormancy, dullness, firmness, immobility, immobilization, immovability, inability to act, inactivity, indecision, indisposition to move, inertness, inexcitability, irresolution, lack of activity, lack of motion, lack of movement, languor, lassitude, lethargy, lifelessness, motionlessness, negligence, paralysis, passiveness, passivity, quiescence, resisttnce to change, rest, sloth, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, supineness, torpor, vegetation, want of activity, weariness See also: desuetude, insentience, sloth How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Although a latent phase in the second stage is often perceived as abnormal and may be treated as uterine inertia, it is probably a physiological phenomenon relating to the retraction of the cervix around the head and the descent of the fetal head into the vaginal canal. |
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