childbed

child·bed

C0291700 (chīld′bĕd′)n. The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.

childbed

(ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd) n (Gynaecology & Obstetrics) a. (often preceded by in) the condition of giving birth to a childb. (as modifier): childbed fever.

child•bed

(ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛd)

n. the condition of giving birth; parturition. [1150–1200]

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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, laboruterine 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 canaleffacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during laborbirthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birthmaternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uteruspremature labor, premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestationasynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

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