birthing

birth·ing  (bûrthng)

adj.

Having to do with or used during birth: a birthing counselor.

n.

The act of giving birth.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

birthing - the process of giving birth           giving birth, parturition, birth brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body calving - giving birth to a calf accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child farrow, farrowing - the production of a litter of pigs hatch, hatching - the production of young from an egg egg laying, laying - the production of eggs (especially in birds) biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms reproduction - the process of generating offspring childbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

Translations

birthing [ˈbɜːθɪŋ] ADJ [pool, centre etc] → de partos, para el parto

birthing [ˈbɜː^rθɪŋ] adj [pool, stool, process, centre] → d'accouchement

birthing in cpds → Geburts-;

birthing centre, (US) birthing center

n → Geburtshaus nt

birthing pool

n → Entbindungsbadewanne f

birthing room

n → Entbindungsraum m, → Kreißsaal m

birthing stool

n → Gebärstuhl m