Organism Function
birth Audio
birth [ burth ]
Subclass of:
Pregnancy
Definitions related to birth:
  • Emerging from a womb or egg; includes the process of delivery or hatching.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (parturition) The process of giving birth to one or more offspring.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (parturition) The reproductive process in which the parent is separated from its offspring either by giving birth to live young or by laying eggs.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Birth, process of bringing forth a child from the uterus, or womb. The prior development of the child in the uterus is described in the article human embryology. The process and series of changes that take place in a woman's organs and tissues as a result of the developing fetus are discussed in...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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