birth : Idioms & Phrases

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active birth

  • noun childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
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alternative birth

  • noun a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
    alternative birth.
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alternative birthing

  • noun a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
    alternative birth.
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birth canal

  • noun a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth
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birth certificate

  • noun a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth
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birth control

  • noun limiting the number of children born
    birth control; family planning.
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birth control device

  • noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception
    prophylactic device; contraceptive; preventive; contraceptive device; preventative.
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birth control pill

  • noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
    contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; anovulatory drug; anovulant; pill.
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birth defect

  • noun a defect that is present at birth
    congenital abnormality; congenital disorder; congenital anomaly; congenital defect.
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birth pangs

  • noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    labour pains; labor pains.
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birth prevention

  • noun limiting the number of children born
    birth control; family planning.
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birth rate

  • noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
    birthrate; fertility; fertility rate; natality.
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birth trauma

  • noun physical injury to an infant during the birth process
  • noun emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness
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birth-control campaigner

  • noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
    birth-control campaigner.
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birth-control reformer

  • noun a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
    birth-control campaigner.
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birthing coach

  • noun an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes
    doula; labor coach; monitrice.
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breech birth

  • noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
    breech delivery; breech presentation.
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calendar method of birth control

  • noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
    calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
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cross-birth

Cross"-birth` noun
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  1. (Med.) Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
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give birth

  • verb cause to be born
    have; deliver; birth; bear.
    • My wife had twins yesterday!
  • verb create or produce an idea
    • Marx and Engels gave birth to communism
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giving birth

  • noun the process of giving birth
    birth; parturition; birthing.
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Live birth

  • noun the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
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  • the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison.
Webster 1913

low-birth-weight baby

  • noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
    low-birth-weight baby.
    • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor
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low-birth-weight infant

  • noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age
    low-birth-weight baby.
    • a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor
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New birth

  • (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.
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place of birth

  • noun the place where someone was born
    birthplace.
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posthumous birth

  • noun birth of a child after the father has died
  • noun birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
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rhythm method of birth control

  • noun natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
    calendar method; calendar method of birth control; rhythm method; rhythm.
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To give birth to

  • . (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.
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vaginal birth

  • noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
    childbearing; childbirth; accouchement.
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virgin birth

  • noun human conception without fertilization by a man
    parthenogeny; parthenogenesis.
  • noun the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
    Nativity.
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