parturition

1. The process of giving birth (synset 113554089)
   is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
   subtypes:

   • brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
   • calving - giving birth to a calf
   • accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
   • farrow, farrowing - the production of a litter of pigs
   • hatch, hatching - the production of young from an egg
   • egg laying, laying - the production of eggs (especially in birds)
   • childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
   is a part of: reproduction - the process of generating offspring
   same as: birth, birthing, giving birth

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