| NOUN | event | live birth | the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) |
|---|
| Meaning | The birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation). | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | blessed event, happy event | The live birth of a child |
| Broader | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born |
| Opposite | spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth | A natural loss of the products of conception |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact