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ACTIVE BIRTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does active birth mean?
• ACTIVE BIRTH (noun)
The noun ACTIVE BIRTH has 1 sense:
1. childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
Familiarity information: ACTIVE BIRTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("active birth" is a kind of...):
accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)
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