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ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alternative birthing mean?
• ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING (noun)
The noun ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING 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 BIRTHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 birthing" 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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