birth : Idioms & Phrases

• noun childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
  

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• noun a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
  alternative birth.
  

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• noun a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
  alternative birth.
  

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• noun a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth
  

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• noun a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth
  

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• noun limiting the number of children born
  birth control; family planning.
  

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• noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception
  prophylactic device; contraceptive; preventive; contraceptive device; preventative.
  

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• noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
  contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; anovulatory drug; anovulant; pill.
  

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• noun a defect that is present at birth
  congenital abnormality; congenital disorder; congenital anomaly; congenital defect.
  

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• noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
  labour pains; labor pains.
  

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• noun limiting the number of children born
  birth control; family planning.
  

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• noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
  birthrate; fertility; fertility rate; natality.
  

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• noun physical injury to an infant during the birth process
  
• noun emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness
  

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• noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
  birth-control campaigner.
  

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• noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
  birth-control campaigner.
  

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• noun an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
  doula; labor coach; monitrice.
  

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• noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
  breech delivery; breech presentation.
  

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• noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
  calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
  

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Cross"-birth` noun

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1. (Med.) Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

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• verb cause to be born
  have; deliver; birth; bear.
  
  • My wife had twins yesterday!
• verb create or produce an idea
  
  • Marx and Engels gave birth to communism

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• noun the process of giving birth
  birth; parturition; birthing.
  

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• noun the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
  

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• the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison.

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• noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
  low-birth-weight baby.
  
  • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor

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• noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
  low-birth-weight baby.
  
  • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor

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• (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.

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• noun the place where someone was born
  birthplace.
  

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• noun birth of a child after the father has died
  
• noun birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
  

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• noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
  calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
  

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• . (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.

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• noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
  childbearing; childbirth; accouchement.
  

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• noun human conception without fertilization by a man
  parthenogeny; parthenogenesis.
  
• noun the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
  Nativity.
  

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