Meaning of LYING-IN
| Pronunciation: | | 'lIing'in
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- [n] concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
- [adj] having to do with birth; "a birthing center"; "birthing counselor"; "a lying-in hospital"
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| | Synonyms: | | aborning, birthing, childbed, confinement, labor, labour, parturiency, travail |
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| | See Also: | | asynclitism, birth, birthing, effacement, gestation, giving birth, obliquity, parturition, pregnancy, premature labor, premature labour, uterine contraction | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ly"ing-in"\, n.
1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth;
confinement.
2. The act of bearing a child.
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