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birthwise

birthwise adverb: in terms of birth or births.

Adverb

birthwise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of birth or births.
    • Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective, page 160

Origin of birthwise

From birth + -wise.

Questions about birthwise

What does birthwise mean?
Birthwise means in terms of birth or births.
What part of speech is birthwise?
Birthwise is an adverb.

Words near birthwise in the dictionary

  1. birthtowns
  2. birthweek
  3. birthweeks
  4. birthweight
  5. birthweights
  6. birthwise
  7. birthwort
  8. birthworts
  9. birthy
  10. birthyear
  11. birthyears

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