| NOUN | process | accouchement, childbirth, childbearing, vaginal birth | the parturition process in human beings |
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| Meaning | The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. | |
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| Synonyms | childbirth, childbearing, vaginal birth | |
| Parts | delivery, obstetrical delivery | The act of delivering a child |
| Narrower | active birth | childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant |
| alternative birth, alternative birthing | A method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings | |
| natural childbirth | labor and childbirth without medical intervention | |
| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
| Spanish | alumbramiento, nacimiento, parto | |
| Catalan | naixement, naixença, part | |
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