ACCOUCHEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accouchement mean? 

• ACCOUCHEMENT (noun)
  The noun ACCOUCHEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

  Familiarity information: ACCOUCHEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOUCHEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth

Hypernyms ("accouchement" is a kind of...):

birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)

Meronyms (parts of "accouchement"):

delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accouchement"):

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; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process)