childbirth
noun/ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ/
/ˈtʃaɪldbɜːrθ/
[uncountable]- the process of giving birth to a baby
- pregnancy and childbirth
- She dreaded the pain of childbirth.
- in childbirth His wife died in childbirth.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- natural
- die in
- educator
- class
- the pain of childbirth
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