childbirthnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtʃaɪld.bɜːθ/us/ˈtʃaɪld.bɝːθ/the act of giving birth to a baby:
A great number of women used to die in childbirth.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- birth defect
- birth rate
- born
- born
- breech
- C-section
- caesarean
- contraction
- delivery
- give birth idiom
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
- prenatal
- puerperal
- rooming-in
- section
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