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rooming-in
[ roo-ming-in, room-ing- ]
noun
- an arrangement in some hospitals that enables postpartum mothers to keep their babies with them in their rooms rather than in a separate nursery.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rooming-in1
First recorded in 1940–45
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