COURONNEMENT
\kˈɜːɹɒnmənt], \kˈɜːɹɒnmənt], \k_ˈɜː_ɹ_ɒ_n_m_ə_n_t]\
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(F.), Corona. A vulgar expression, sometimes used to designate the circular ring, which the os uteri forms around the head of the child at a certain period of accouchement- the head seeming to be surrounded, as it were, by a crown. The head is then said to be au couronnment.
By Robley Dunglison
