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Childbearing

The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.

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Birth 76% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Birthing 76% connected

Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

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Parturition 76% connected

The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

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Delivery 70% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Accouchement 92% connected

Delivery in childbed

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Childbirth 92% connected

The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adenomyosis noun · 78% connection

the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Antenatal adjective · 78% connection

occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"

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Antepartum adjective · 78% connection

occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"

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Catamenia noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Change of life noun · 78% connection

the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

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Climacteric noun · 78% connection

the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

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Contraception noun · 78% connection

birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Contraceptive method noun · 78% connection

birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

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Eclampsia noun · 78% connection

a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Endometriosis noun · 78% connection

the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea

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Fetus noun · 78% connection

an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

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Flow noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Foetus noun · 78% connection

an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

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Gestation noun · 78% connection

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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Infertility noun · 78% connection

the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate

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Maternity noun · 78% connection

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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Menopause noun · 78% connection

the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Obstetrics gynaecology.
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Menses noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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Barrenness noun · 78% connection

the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Beam verb · 78% connection

To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Biparous adjective · 78% connection

Bringing forth two at a birth.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Brood verb · 78% connection

The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…

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Child noun · 78% connection

A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Childbed noun · 78% connection

The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Colostrum noun · 78% connection

milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Deiparous adjective · 78% connection

Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Deliverance noun · 78% connection

Act of bringing forth children.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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Dystocia noun · 78% connection

Difficult delivery pr parturition.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: producing, bringing, forth, children, parturition.
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