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1. (n.) lying-in
the state of being in childbed; confinement.
2. (adj.) lying-in
pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth:
a lying-in hospital.
Etymology: (1760–70)
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1. (noun) parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
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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1. (noun) lying-in
the state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement
2. (noun) lying-in
the act of bearing a child
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