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childbirth

[ chahyld-burth ]

/ ˈtʃaɪldˌbɜrθ /

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noun

an act or instance of bringing forth a child; parturition: a difficult childbirth.

Origin of childbirth

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at child, birth

Words nearby childbirth

child-free, child-resistant, childbearing, childbed, childbed fever, childbirth, childcare, childe, childe harold's pilgrimage, childe roland to the dark tower came, childermas

Example sentences from the Web for childbirth

Gender roles exceed the biological circumstances of childbirth and they are, perhaps, much less likely to change.

Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women |Samantha Allen |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
They envisioned warriors lost in battle, and women who died in childbirth, as honored spirits, circling the sun like hummingbirds.

New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead |Jason Berry |November 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No, childbirth is not a contest, but it is “a defining moment” in the lives of many women.

Natural Childbirth Is Not a Cult |Brandy Zadrozny |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The court postponed execution of the sentence, to give her time to recover from childbirth and to wean the new baby.

In Sudan a Pregnant Woman May Be Hanged for Marrying a Christian |Nina Shea |May 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Hence, her next book was the bestselling The Victorian House: Domestic Life From Childbirth to Deathbed (2003).

Pleasant Thoughts of Murder in the Victorian Era |Lucy Scholes |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There was not much to make the great adventure of childbirth endurable.

Carnival |Compton Mackenzie
For she felt pride, pangs as real as the pangs of childbirth.

Step IV |Rosel George Brown
There can be no childbirth 380without suffering, and it is the same in spiritual life.

The Light Shines in Darkness |Leo Tolstoy
Less was charged for children, while women who died in childbirth were buried for nothing but the actual cost of the flag-laying.

The Church of Grasmere |Mary L. Armitt
The best looking among the peons lose their comeliness after a few years, owing to hard labor, childbirth, and deprivations.

Aztec Land |Maturin M. Ballou

British Dictionary definitions for childbirth

childbirth

/ (ˈtʃaɪldˌbɜːθ) /

noun

the act of giving birth to a child Related adjective: obstetric

Medical definitions for childbirth

childbirth

[ chīld′bûrth′ ]

n.

Parturition.