childbirth
nounEtymology
From Middle English childbyrth [and other forms], perhaps a partial calque of Old Norse barnburðr (“childbearing, childbirth”, literally “bairn birth”); equivalent to child + birth. Compare Swedish barnsbörd (“childbirth”), Icelandic barnsburður (“childbirth”).
- inherited from childbyrth
Definitions
The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy
The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy; the process by which it happens.
- Near-synonyms: labour, delivery (the moment of emergence)
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at childbirth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at childbirth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at childbirth
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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