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accouchement

ac·couc·he·ment

UK/əˈkuːʃmənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

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Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.

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