delivery

delivery definition - medical

de·liv·er·y (dĭ-lĭvˈə-rē, -lĭvˈrē)

noun
The expulsion or extraction of a child and the fetal membranes through the birth canal into the external world.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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