breech delivery breech birth breech presentation | delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first |
birth control birth prevention family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
contraceptive preventive preventative contraceptive device prophylactic device birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
pill birth control pill contraceptive pill oral contraceptive pill oral contraceptive anovulatory drug anovulant | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
birth canal | a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth |
Virgin Birth Nativity | the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father, Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles, the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas |
birth certificate | a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth |
birth nativity nascency nascence | the event of being born, they celebrated the birth of their first child |
live birth | the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) |
posthumous birth | birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother |
posthumous birth | birth of a child after the father has died |
birthplace place of birth | the place where someone was born |
birth | a baby born, an offspring, the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every births |
low-birth-weight baby low-birth-weight infant | an infant born weighing less than . pounds ( grams) regardless of gestational age, a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor |
active birth | childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant |
alternative birth alternative birthing | a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings |
childbirth childbearing accouchement vaginal birth | the parturition process in human beings, having a baby, the process of giving birth to a child |
parthenogenesis parthenogeny virgin birth | human conception without fertilization by a man |
parturition birth giving birth birthing | the process of giving birth |
parentage birth | the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents |
birth trauma | emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness |
birth trauma | physical injury to an infant during the birth process |
birth pangs labor pains labour pains | a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth |
birth defect congenital anomaly congenital defect congenital disorder congenital abnormality | a defect that is present at birth |
birth | the time when something begins (especially life), they divorced after the birth of the child, his election signaled the birth of a new age |
birthrate birth rate fertility fertility rate natality | the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area, expressed per population per year |
give birth deliver bear birth have | cause to be born, My wife had twins yesterday! |
give birth | create or produce an idea, Marx and Engels gave birth to communism |