| NOUN | act | obstetrical delivery, delivery | the act of delivering a child |
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| Meaning | The act of delivering a child. | |
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| Synonym | delivery | |
| Part of | childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth | The parturition process in human beings |
| Narrower | breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation | delivery / delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first |
| cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery | The delivery / delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) | |
| forceps delivery | delivery / delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal | |
| midwifery | assisting women at childbirth | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Catalan | lliurament | |
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