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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 settingsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING (noun)


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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