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Childbirth

//ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens. uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)"

  2. 2
    the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).

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