Word

lying-in, n.
(lyings-in)

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

childbed confinement labor labour lying-in parturiency travail

sample sentences

"she was in labor for six hours"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

parturient parturient

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

labor

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

labour

semantic pointers

part meronym

uterine contraction effacement asynclitism, obliquity

hypernym

birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing

part holonym

pregnancy, gestation, maternity

hyponym

premature labor, premature labour