lying-in

ly·ing-in (lng-n)

n. pl. ly·ings-in (lngz-) or ly·ing-ins (-nz)

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

adj.

Of or intended for use during childbirth: a lying-in hospital.

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lying-in

n pl lyings-in

(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics)

a.  confinement in childbirth

b.  (as modifier) a lying-in hospital

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lying-in - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" childbed, confinement, 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

lying-in (o.f.) [ˈlaɪɪŋˈɪn] (Med)

A. N (lyings-in (pl)) → parto m

B. CPD lying-in ward N → sala f de maternidad

lying-in

n (old Med) → Wochenbett nt (dated); during her lying-in → im Wochenbett (dated); lying-in ward → Wöchnerinnenstation f (dated)

lying-in [ˌlaɪɪŋˈɪn] n (old) the lying-in period → la degenza post-natale

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lying-in [ˌlaɪɪŋˈɪn] n (old) the lying-in period → la degenza post-natale