childbirth

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Etymology

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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childbirth (usually uncountable, plural childbirths)

  1. The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

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