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    ACCOUCHEMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("accouchement" is a kind of...):

    birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)

    Meronyms (parts of "accouchement"):

    delivery; obstetrical delivery (the act of delivering a child)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accouchement"):

    active birth (childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant)

    alternative birth; alternative birthing (a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings)

    natural childbirth (labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process)

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