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prelabour

prelabour adjective: before the onset of labour.

Adjective

prelabour (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of labour.

Noun

prelabour (uncountable)

  1. The period before labour begins.

Forms of prelabour

alternative formpre-labour
alternative formprelabor
alternative formpre-labor

Origin of prelabour

From pre- + labour.

Questions about prelabour

What does prelabour mean?
Prelabour means before the onset of labour.
What part of speech is prelabour?
Prelabour can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prelabour in the dictionary

  1. prelab
  2. prelabeled
  3. prelabelled
  4. prelabial
  5. prelabor
  6. prelabour
  7. prelabral
  8. prelabs
  9. prelacies
  10. prelactal
  11. prelacteal

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