(bō-dĕ-lok' )

Fr. obstetrician, 1745–1810.

B.'s diameter The distance between the depression beneath the last lumbar vertebra and the margin of the symphysis pubis; the external conjugate diameter of the pelvis. SYN: Baudelocque line.

B.'s line Baudelocque diameter.

B.'s method In obstetrics, manipulation to convert a fetal face presentation into a vertex presentation.