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birthing chair

birthing chair noun: a chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.

Noun

birthing chair (plural birthing chairs)

  1. A chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.
    • Two nurse-midwives at the Milwaukee Birth Center (MBC), Milwaukee, OR, designed a new birthing chair that has received rave reviews from the first 25 women who used it for labor and delivery.1984, “Clinical News: Rebirth of the Birthing Chair,”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 84, number 7, page 872

Forms of birthing chair

pluralbirthing chairs
alternative formbirth chair

Questions about birthing chair

What does birthing chair mean?
Birthing chair means a chair designed to place a woman who is in labor in a position which facilitates childbirth.
What part of speech is birthing chair?
Birthing chair is a noun.
What is the plural of birthing chair?
The plural of birthing chair is birthing chairs.

Words near birthing chair in the dictionary

  1. birthhouses
  2. birthin'
  3. birthing
  4. birthing ball
  5. birthing balls
  6. birthing chair
  7. birthing chairs
  8. birthing custard
  9. birthing father
  10. birthing fathers
  11. birthing people

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