Word

giving birth, n.

the process of giving birth
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

birth birthing giving birth parturition

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derivationally related form

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brooding, incubation calving childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth farrow, farrowing hatching, hatch laying, egg laying confinement, parturiency, labor, labour, lying-in, travail, childbed

hypernym

organic process, biological process

part holonym