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lying-in

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Noun

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- she was in labor for six hours

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Synonyms:
parturiency labor labour confinement travail childbed

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low-lying prostrate sea-level lying in wait ultraviolet eastern lie worse ultraviolet illumination lithotomy position more...

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