LYING-IN
\lˈa͡ɪɪŋˈɪn], \lˈaɪɪŋˈɪn], \l_ˈaɪ_ɪ_ŋ_ˈɪ_n]\
Definitions of LYING-IN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having to do with birth; "a birthing center"; "birthing counselor"; "a lying-in hospital"
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
By Princeton University
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Puerperal, parturient, in the condition incident to parturition; as a n., parturition and the puerperium.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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