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childbirth

child·birth

US/ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌbɝθ/ fairly common

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

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From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], 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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