READ METHOD

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Read method mean? 

• READ METHOD (noun)
  The noun READ METHOD has 1 sense:

1. a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises

  Familiarity information: READ METHOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• READ METHOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

Read method; Read method of childbirth

Hypernyms ("Read method" is a kind of...):

natural childbirth (labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process)