Birth
Birth is the process in
mammals by which a
fetus is expelled from the body of its
mother.
Medical Meanings
\n*Childbirth is the process at the end of pregnancy that results in a baby being born.\n*Birth defect is a physical or mental abnormality present at the time of birth.\n*Multiple birth is the birth of two (twins), three (triplets), four (quadruplets), etc., babies resulting from a single pregnancy.\n* The birth canal is the term used for the vagina during birth, as it is the route through which the infant passes during a vaginal birth. \n*Cesarean section is surgical birth through the wall of the abdomen.\n* Birth control methods are devices, medications or behavior patterns to reduce the probability of pregnancy. Birth control pills are contraceptives which are taken orally.\n*Birth pangs are the pains felt by the mother during labour, resulting from contractions of the uterus and pressure on nerves and organss.\n*Premature birth is the birth of an infant before the full term of pregnancy.\n* Stillbirth is the birth of a dead fetus or an infant.\n* Birth trauma is a theory in some branches of psychology and alternative medicine that the baby experiences "extreme" pain during the birthing process and that this pain influences the child later in life. \n* Rebirthing is a branch of alternative medicine.
Legal Meanings
\n*Birthday is a day to commemorate one's birth. Its an annual event based either on the person's date of birth or on astrological birthtime calculations.\n*Birth certificate is a legal document describing details of a person's birth.\n*A nuclear family comprising the father, mother, brother or sister, is an institution where the members are related by birth.\n*A person is considered of illegitimate birth if he is born of parents not validly married to each other.
Spiritual Meanings
\n* Virgin Birth is the Christian doctrine that asserts that Jesus Christ was born without the participation of a human father.\n*Rebirth is a belief that a person is born again after death based on the karma of his previous births.
\nMetaphorical Meanings
The term birth is used metaphorically to refer to a beginning, especially of a natural phenomenon, one that is impressive in its scope or complexity, or one that is viewed favorably.\n*Stellar evolution is the field of study the deals with the birth of stars and its lifecycle.
Birth in Literature and the Arts
\n*The Birth of a Nation is a controversial silent film directed by D.W. Griffith and released in 1915\n*The birth of Venus is a famous painting by Sandro Botticelli.
See Also
\n*Conception\n*Death
