CHILDBIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does childbirth mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHILDBIRTH (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 ("childbirth" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "childbirth"):

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

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

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)

 Context examples 

An unique natural method of childbirth that is supported by a relaxing self-hypnosis method.

(Hypnobirthing, NCI Thesaurus)

The period of time prior to the beginning of childbirth labor; common signs and symptoms include nesting, anxiety, excitement, loss of mucous plug, increased urinary frequency and loose bowel movements.

(Impending Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

The administration of pharmaceutical agents to promote the start of labor and childbirth process.

(Induction of Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

Women can give it to their babies during pregnancy or childbirth.

(HIV/AIDS, NIH)

A pregnant woman can pass it to her baby during childbirth.

(Gonorrhea, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A stage during labor and childbirth that starts with the delivery of the placenta and lasts about two hours after delivering the baby.

(Fourth Stage of Labor, NCI Thesaurus)

Mothers can also infect their babies during childbirth.

(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The occurrence of a pregnancy complication during childbirth, which includes both labor (the process of childbirth) and delivery (the birth itself).

(Labor and Delivery Complication, NCI Thesaurus)

The discomfort that is experienced by the pregnant mother during the childbirth process as she attempts to give birth.

(Labor Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes oxytocin-neurophysin 1 protein, is involved in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction during both childbirth and lactation, cardiovascular homeostasis and complex neural processes such as cognition, adaptation and maternal behavior.

(OXT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)