parturition

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

parturition
    n 1: the process of giving birth [syn: {parturition}, {birth},
         {giving birth}, {birthing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Parturition \Par`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. parturitio, fr. parturire:
   cf. F. parturition. See {Parturient}.]
   1. The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young;
      the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is brought forth; a birth. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "parturition":
      accouchement, babyhood, bearing, beginnings, birth, birth throes,
      birthing, blessed event, childbearing, childbed, childbirth,
      childhood, confinement, cradle, delivery, freshman year, genesis,
      giving birth, hatching, having a baby, inception, inchoation,
      incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, labor, multiparity,
      nascence, nascency, nativity, origin, origination, pregnancy,
      the Nativity, the stork, travail, youth

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