Hypertext Webster Gateway: "childbearing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Childbearing \Child"bear`ing\, n.
The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.
--Milton. Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
childbearing
adj : relating to or suitable for childbirth; "of childbearing
age"
n : the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
process of giving birth to a child [syn: {childbirth}, {accouchement},
{vaginal birth}]
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