Birth

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts

Used for

childbirth, delivery, hatching, intrapartum, labor, parturition

Broader Terms

life cycle, pregnancy

Narrower Terms

induced labor, perinatal, postpartum, premature labor

Related Terms

cesarean section

Scope Note

emerging from a womb or egg; includes the process of delivery or hatching.

Facts

• Birth represents the event of being born
• Childbirth is the final stage of a human pregnancy and represents the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus.
• Childbirth is the process at the end of a human pregnancy that results in a baby being born.
• Multiple birth is the birth of two, three, four, etc., babies resulting from a single pregnancy.
• Premature birth is the birth of an infant before the full term of pregnancy.

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