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noun
- 1. archaic term for childbirth
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The meaning of CHILDBED is the condition of a woman in childbirth.
in childbed The wife probably died in childbed. She gave birth to a daughter, but died in childbed, and the infant did not outlive her mother by many days. Brown seaweed soup is known as good for a woman in childbed, because it contains a lot of calcium. Childbed death includes fatalities during labor and during the first few days postpartum.
Childbed definition: the circumstance or situation of a woman giving birth to a child; parturition. See examples of CHILDBED used in a sentence.
Archaic the act or process of giving birth to a child.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Define childbed. childbed synonyms, childbed pronunciation, childbed translation, English dictionary definition of childbed. n. The condition of a woman in the process of giving birth.
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The condition of a woman who is giving birth. (uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement. (countable) The bed in which a baby is born.
