labor

labor definition - medical

la·bor (lāˈbər)

noun
The physical efforts of expulsion of the fetus and the placenta from the uterus during parturition.
verb
To undergo the efforts of childbirth.

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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