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POSTHUMOUS BIRTH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("posthumous birth" is a kind of...):

birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Birth of a child after the father has died

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("posthumous birth" is a kind of...):

birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)

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