childbed

Noun

Synonyms: parturiency labor labour confinement lying-in travail

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child“she was in labor for six hours”Synonyms: parturiency labor labour confinement lying-in travail

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Childbed \Child"bed\, n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. [1913 Webster]

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