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a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
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Universalium. 2010.
birthing room
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birthing room — n a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usu. remains during the hospital stay … Medical dictionary
birthing room — noun Date: 1978 a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usually remains during the hospital stay … New Collegiate Dictionary
birthing room — noun : a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usually remains during the hospital stay … Useful english dictionary
birthing — [bʉrth′iŋ] adj. of or having to do with birth [a birthing room] n. the act of giving birth … English World dictionary
birthing — birth|ing [ bɜrθıŋ ] adjective only before noun relating to or used in the process of giving birth: a birthing pool/chair/room … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
birthing — UK [ˈbɜː(r)θɪŋ] / US [ˈbɜrθɪŋ] adjective [only before noun] relating to or used in the process of giving birth a birthing pool/chair/room … English dictionary
delivery room — birthing room, hospital room where women give birth … English contemporary dictionary
delivery room — [n] birthing room birthing center, hospital room; concepts 312,439,449 … New thesaurus
delivery room — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. birthing room … English dictionary for students
birthingroom — birthing room n. An area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recovery and designed as a natural, homelike environment. See Regional Note at birth. * * * … Universalium
