childbed

child·bed  (chldbd)

n.

The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.

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childbed [ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd]

n

(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics)

a.  (often preceded by in) the condition of giving birth to a child

b.  (as modifier) childbed fever

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

childbed - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor uterine contraction - a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus premature labor, premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

Translations

childbed [ˈtʃaɪldbed] N → parturición f