Childbirth
11childbirth — child|birth [ˈtʃaıldbə:θ US bə:rθ] n [U] the act of having a baby in/during/after childbirth ▪ His wife died in childbirth …
12childbirth — child|birth [ tʃaıld,bɜrθ ] noun uncount the process of giving birth to a baby: in childbirth (=while giving birth to a baby): In many countries, the risk of dying in childbirth is still very high …
13childbirth — [[t]tʃa͟ɪldbɜː(r)θ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Childbirth is the act of giving birth to a child. She died in childbirth. Syn: labour …
14childbirth — UK [ˈtʃaɪldˌbɜː(r)θ] / US [ˈtʃaɪldˌbɜrθ] noun [uncountable] the process of giving birth to a baby in childbirth (= while giving birth to a baby): In many countries, the risk of dying in childbirth is still very high …
15childbirth — Books on British folklore are sadly inadequate on this topic. This must be due partly to women s natural unwillingness to discuss intimate details openly, and partly to their fear that traditional practices would be scorned as superstitious or …
16childbirth — Children were customarily born in the home in ancient Mesopotamia. Female relatives and a midwife, when possible, aided in the delivery. Birthing stools are mentioned in the Old Testament, which was written in Palestine in the first millennium …
17childbirth — /chuyld berrth /, n. an act or instance of bringing forth a child; parturition: a difficult childbirth. [1400 50; late ME; see CHILD, BIRTH] * * * …
18childbirth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. delivery, parturition, labor pains; natural childbirth, Lamaze, etc. method. See reproduction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. delivery, childbearing, parturition, childbed, labor, birth, nativity, delivering …
19childbirth — noun (U) the act of having a baby: His mother died in childbirth …
20childbirth — noun complications during childbirth have been drastically reduced Syn: labor, delivery, giving birth, birthing, child bearing; formal parturition; dated confinement; literary travail; archaic lying in, accouchement, childbed …
