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accouchement
ac·couche·ment [  koosh mN, ə kshmənt ] (plural ac·couche·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
period of childbirth: the period just before, during, and just after childbirth ( archaic )

[Late 18th century. < French< accoucher (see accoucheur)]
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