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ac·couche·ment
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Audio Help [-muh
nts; Fr. -mahn] Pronunciation Key, | the confinement of childbirth; lying-in. |
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accouchement
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n. A confinement during childbirth; a lying-in. [French, from accoucher, to assist in childbirth, from Old French : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + coucher, to lay down; see couch.] |
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| accouchement | |
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| the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth] |
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Main Entry: ac·couche·ment
Pronunciation: "a-"küsh-'män, &-'küsh-"
Function: noun
: the time or act of giving
birth
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Accouchement
Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate.] Delivery in childbed| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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