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Pregnancy and Childbirth
pregnancy
- the state of being pregnant
childbirth
- the act of giving birth to a baby
premature
- happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time
full term
- involving a pregnancy that lasts for the normal amount of time, around 40 weeks in humans, before the baby is born
labor
- the last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appears
uterus
- the organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth
contract
- to make or become shorter or narrower or generally smaller in size
deliver
- to (help) give birth to a baby
cesarean
section
- an operation in which a woman's uterus is cut open to allow a baby to be born
delivery
- a birth
bladder
- an organ like a bag inside the body of a person or animal, where urine is stored before it leaves the body
rectum
- the lowest end of the bowels, down which solid waste travels before leaving the body through the anus
Definition of
pregnancy
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pregnancy
]
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Definition of
childbirth
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/childbirth
]
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Definition of
premature
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/premature
]
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Definition of
full-term
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/full-term
]
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Definition of
labour
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/labour
]
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Definition of
uterus
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/uterus
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
contract
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contract
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
deliver
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deliver
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
cesarean section
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cesarean-section?q=cesarean+%28section%29
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
delivery
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/delivery
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
bladder
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bladder
]
© Cambridge University Press
Definition of
pregnancy
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
[
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pregnancy
]
© Cambridge University Press
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Pregnancy and Childbirth