ALTERNATIVE BIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alternative birth mean? 

• ALTERNATIVE BIRTH (noun)
  The noun ALTERNATIVE BIRTH has 1 sense:

1. a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings

  Familiarity information: ALTERNATIVE BIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTERNATIVE BIRTH (noun)

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Meaning:

A method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

alternative birth; alternative birthing

Hypernyms ("alternative 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)