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Added 10 October 2026

childbearing

noun

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The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
women of childbearing age

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.
Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.

Origin

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

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