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La·maze (lə mäz′)

noun

a training program in natural childbirth, emphasizing breathing control and relaxation during labor together with the presence and encouraging assistance of the father

Etymology: after F. Lamaze, 20th-c. Fr physician, who developed it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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