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Accouchement

noun
1.
The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child.  Synonyms: childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth.





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"Accouchement" Quotes from Famous Books



... case clearly, step by step: the marriage, the accouchement, the handwriting of Grainger—Bilston proved this—to the letters addressed to his wife, were clearly established. The register of the marriage was produced by the present clerk of the Leeds church; the initials Z.Z. were pointed out; and at my suggestion the book was deposited ...
— The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney • Samuel Warren
... together &c. v.; establishment; workmanship, performance; achievement &c. (completion) 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture[obs3]; gestation &c. (maturation) 673; assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy[Phil]; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy[Biol], genesis, generation, epigenesis[obs3], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus • Peter Mark Roget


Words linked to "Accouchement" :   natural childbirth, parturition, alternative birth, birthing, active birth, giving birth, obstetrical delivery, birth, delivery, childbirth, alternative birthing


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