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ALTERNATIVE BIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
Synonyms:
alternative birth; alternative birthing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("alternative birth" is a kind of...):
accouchement; childbearing; childbirth; vaginal birth (the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child)