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Noun
S:
(n)
parturition
,
birth
,
giving birth
,
birthing
(the process of giving birth)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
brooding
,
incubation
(sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)
S:
(n)
calving
(giving birth to a calf)
S:
(n)
childbirth
,
childbearing
,
accouchement
,
vaginal birth
(the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)
S:
(n)
farrow
,
farrowing
(the production of a litter of pigs)
S:
(n)
hatch
,
hatching
(the production of young from an egg)
S:
(n)
laying
,
egg laying
(the production of eggs (especially in birds))
S:
(n)
parturiency
,
labor
,
labour
,
confinement
,
lying-in
,
travail
,
childbed
(concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
"she was in labor for six hours"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
organic process
,
biological process
(a process occurring in living organisms)
part holonym
derivationally related form