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ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does alternative birthing mean?

• ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING (noun)
The noun ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING has 1 sense:

1. a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings

Familiarity information: ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING used as a noun is very rare.

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• ALTERNATIVE BIRTHING (noun)

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Meaning:

A method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

alternative birth; alternative birthing

Hypernyms ("alternative birthing" is a kind of...):

accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)

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