accouchement

Definitions of accouchement
  1. noun
    the process of giving birth
    synonyms: naissance
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    types:
    naissance
    the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
    ponte
    the production of eggs (especially in birds)
    travail
    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    type of:
    processus biologique, processus organique
    a process occurring in living organisms
  2. noun
    the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
    synonyms: naissance
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    type of:
    naissance
    the process of giving birth
  3. noun
    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
    synonyms: travail
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    type of:
    naissance
    the process of giving birth
  4. noun
    the act of delivering a child
    synonyms: couches, délivrance
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    types:
    accouchement par le siège, accouchement podalique
    delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
    césarienne
    the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
    type of:
    acte, action
    something that people do or cause to happen
  5. noun
    the event of giving birth
    synonyms: couches, délivrance
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    type of:
    naissance
    the event of being born
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