child-birth
81birth — /berrth/, n. 1. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. 2. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth. 3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth. 4. high or noble… …
82birth — 1. noun /bɜː(ɹ)θ/ a) The process of childbearing. He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him. b) An instance of childbirth. See Also: accident of birth, bear, birth control …
83birth — n. & v. n. 1 the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of its mother. 2 rhet. the beginning or coming into existence of something (the birth of civilization; the birth of socialism). 3 a origin, descent,… …
84Birth attendant — A birth attendant is a midwife, physician, obstetrician, nurse, or other health care provider who is present at ( attends ) a childbirth in a professional capacity.A birth assistant is someone other than the above who is trained, apprenticed,… …
85birth — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran Date: 13th century 1. a. the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b. the act or process of bringing forth young from… …
86Birth (anime) — Infobox animanga/Header name = Birth caption = ja name = ja name trans = genre = Fantasy, Sci fiInfobox animanga/OVA title = Birth director = Shinya Sadamitsu studio = episodes = 1 released = flagicon|Japan September 5, 1984 flagicon|USA March 13 …
87child — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See youth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boy, girl, kid*, baby, newborn, infant, nestling, toddler, tot, preschooler, moppet, preteen, youth, adolescent, teenager, youngster, daughter, son, grandchild,… …
88child — [[t]tʃaɪld[/t]] n. pl. chil•dren 1) a person between birth and full growth; a young boy or girl 2) a son or daughter 3) dvl a baby or infant 4) dvl a human fetus 5) a person who behaves in a childish manner 6) a descendant 7) any person or thing… …
89Birth of the Virgin — The celebration of the birth of the Virgin Mary on 8 September has taken place since the sixth century when her cult intensified after the Council of Ephesus. The story is not biblical but rather apocryphal. Mary s parents, Joachim and Anne,… …
90birth-rate — A measure designed to provide information on the comparative fertility of different populations, most commonly used in demographic analysis. A number of different calculations of varying sophistication may be used. The most well known the ‘crude… …
