For what I was able to find via research a precipitous delivery is any labor/delivery that involves total cervical dilation (from 0 cm - 10 cm) in less then 1 hour.
Precipitous delivery means rapid parturition.
The fall of the bungee jump was precipitous. This is an example sentence of precipitous.
Precipitous means dangerously steep.
The climber was unable to scale the precipitous cliff side.
hasty
The noun form of the adjective 'precipitous' is precipitousness.A related noun form is precipice.
The root word of "precipitous" is "precipice," which comes from the Latin word "praeceps" meaning steep or headlong.
very steep.
very steep.
flowing or continous
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very steep