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accouchement

noun

ˌa-ˌküsh-ˈmäⁿ

Definition of accouchement

as in childbirth

the act or process of giving birth to children for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor

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childbirth

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Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Older Armenian beliefs imagined that supernatural beings could threaten the woman after childbirth or harm her baby.

— Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

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