difficult birth

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• birth — [ bɜrθ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the occasion of a baby being born: We are happy to announce the birth of our son Andrew. John wanted to be present at the birth. from/since birth: James has been blind from birth. at birth (=at the time… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• birth */*/*/ — UK [bɜː(r)θ] / US [bɜrθ] noun Word forms birth : singular birth plural births 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the occasion of a baby being born We are happy to announce the birth of our son Andrew. John wanted to be present at the birth. from/since …   English dictionary

• birth — /berrth/, n. 1. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. 2. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth. 3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth. 4. high or noble… …   Universalium

• had a difficult birth — had a laborious delivery, had a problematic delivery …   English contemporary dictionary

• birth control — regulation of the number of children born through the deliberate control or prevention of conception. Cf. family planning (def. 1). [1914, Amer.] * * * Voluntary limiting of human reproduction, using such means as contraception, sexual abstinence …   Universalium

• difficult — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, remain, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ It is getting more and more difficult to find …   Collocations dictionary

• birth — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ live ▪ Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths. ▪ normal ▪ difficult ▪ breech ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• BIRTH — The injunction to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) is regarded as the first commandment of the Bible. As a consequence of the disobedience of Eve in the Garden of Eden,   the pangs of childbirth were foretold (Gen. 3:16). References to pangs… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Birth of a Salesman — infobox Book | name = Birth of a Salesman title orig = translator = image caption = author = P. G. Wodehouse illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Short story publisher = This Week release date …   Wikipedia

• difficult labor — problematic birth …   English contemporary dictionary

• Preterm birth — Classification and external resources Intubated preterm baby in an incubator ICD 10 O …   Wikipedia