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wrongful birth

wrongful birth noun: a lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.

Noun

wrongful birth (countable and uncountable, plural wrongful births)

  1. A lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.

Forms of wrongful birth

pluralwrongful births

Questions about wrongful birth

What does wrongful birth mean?
Wrongful birth means a lawsuit filing, claiming that a doctor failed to advise the parents that a child might have the prospect of birth defects.
What part of speech is wrongful birth?
Wrongful birth is a noun.
What is the plural of wrongful birth?
The plural of wrongful birth is wrongful births.

Words near wrongful birth in the dictionary

  1. wrongfoot
  2. wrongfooted
  3. wrongfooting
  4. wrongfoots
  5. wrongful
  6. wrongful birth
  7. wrongful births
  8. wrongful death
  9. wrongful death statute
  10. wrongful death statutes
  11. wrongful dismissal

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