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English *noun*: parturition
1.	parturition (process) the process of giving birth
		Synonyms	birth, birthing, giving birth
		Broader (hypernym)	biological process, organic process
		Narrower (hyponym)	accouchement, brooding, calving, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, egg laying, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, incubation, labor, labour, laying, lying-in, parturiency, travail, vaginal birth
		Part meronym	reproduction

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