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Webster 1913 Edition


Accouchement

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Ac-couche′ment

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Noun.
[F., fr.
accoucher
to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF.
acouchier
orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L.
ad
+
collocare
to lay, put, place. See
Collate
.]
Delivery in childbed