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inlet
(redirected from Pelvic inlet)

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inlet
1. a narrow inland opening of the coastline
2. 
a. a passage, valve, or part through which a substance, esp a fluid, enters a device or machine
b. (as modifier): an inlet valve

inlet [′in‚let]
(engineering)
An entrance or orifice for the admission of fluid.
(geography)
A short, narrow waterway connecting a bay or lagoon with the sea.
A recess or bay in the shore of a body of water.
A waterway flowing into a larger body of water.


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One of four points in the pelvic inlet toward which the occiput of the fetus is usually directed in cases of head presentation.
One of four points in the pelvic inlet toward which the occiput of the fetus is usually directed in cases of head presentation.
 
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