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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology,obstetrics) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child | |
| Synonyms: | confinement parturiency labour lying-in travail labor | |
| Examples: | "she was in labor for six hours" |
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| Related terms: | parturition premature_labor pregnancy effacement asynclitism uterine_contraction | |
| Similar spelling: |
child_abuse childbirth |
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