childbirth

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From Middle English childbyrth, chyldberth, chylde-byrthe, perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (childbearing, childbirth, literally bairn birth); equivalent to child +‎ birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (childbirth), Icelandic barnsburður (childbirth).

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childbirth (usually uncountable, plural childbirths)

  1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

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