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berth, birth
1. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping car, camper etc.: Linwood found his berth on the train and fell asleep almost immediately.
2. Any place in which a vessel may lie at anchor or at a dock: The ship tied up at the appointed berth.
1. The fact or act of being born: Scott's wife was about to give birth to their first child.
2. The bringing forth of an offspring: As a new father, Karl was happy to announce the birth of his first son whom he named Karlson.
Once a woman wrote to a travel agent about a cruise she was planning to go on asking that he make sure that she would have a comfortable birth because she was susceptible to seasickness.
The travel agent responded with a note saying, "We can get you a comfortable berth, but as for the birth part, I'm afraid that is beyond our capabilities."
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astrological birth control
A theory that a woman's fertile days can be determined with her relationship to the sun and the moon according to her birth date.
biological parent, birth parent
A parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
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bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical
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para-, par-, -parous, -partum
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genital anomaly; birth defect
Intrauterine development of an organ or structure that is abnormal in form, structure, or position.
A birth defect caused by a structural abnormality or a marked deviation from the average or norm; anything that is structurally unusual or irregular or contrary to a general rule; such as, a congenital defect.
There are four clinically significant medical types of anomalies: malformation, disruption, deformation, and dysplasia (abnormal in form; for example, retinal dysplasia is abnormal formation of the retina during embryonic development).
perinatal trauma, birth trauma
(s); perinatal traumas, birth traumas
(pl) (nouns)
Physical injury to the fetus occurring at or about the time of birth; used especially with reference to cerebral birth trauma.
The Birth of Writing
By Robert Claiborne and the Editors of Time-Life Books, Inc.; 1974; pages 79-83.
Virgin Birth
The Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ was born as the Son of God rather than of a human father and that his mother, Mother, was a virgin.
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birth of Egyptology
The study of ancient Egypt can be traced to Napoleon's 1798 invasion, when his team of scholars and artists made detailed records of the country's antiquities.
Birth of the Blues
This is supposed to be the ONLY time Johnny Carson sang in public!
This show was at Kiel Opera House in St Louis, in June, 1965, when Johnny Carson hosted the "Tonight Show".
"The Rat Pack" was playing in Las Vegas, but visited Carson for this entertaining performance by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Johnny Carson
Click on this link: Birth of the Blues for your enjoyment.
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birth rate
The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year.