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birthing room

–noun
a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
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birthing room  
n.  An area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recovery and designed as a natural, homelike environment. See Regional Note at birth.
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Main Entry: birthing room
Function: noun
: a comfortably furnished hospital room where both labor and delivery take place and in which the baby usually remains during thehospital stay
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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birthing room n.
An area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recovery and designed as a homelike environment.

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