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child-birth

child-birth is the alternative form of childbirth.

Meaning of childbirth

Noun

childbirth (usually uncountable, plural childbirths)

  1. (usually) The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
    • Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)
    Antonyms:
    death

Forms of child-birth

pluralchild-births

Questions about child-birth

What is child-birth the alternative form of?
Child-birth is the alternative form of childbirth.

Words near child-birth in the dictionary

  1. child-abusers
  2. child-bearing
  3. child-bearings
  4. child-bed
  5. child-beds
  6. child-birth
  7. child-births
  8. child-bride
  9. child-brides
  10. child-centered
  11. child-crowing

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