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Definition of Lying-in
1. Noun. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. "She was in labor for six hours"
Terms within: Uterine Contraction, Effacement, Asynclitism, Obliquity
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition
Group relationships: Gestation, Maternity, Pregnancy
Specialized synonyms: Premature Labor, Premature Labour
Derivative terms: Labor, Labour, Parturient, Parturient
Definition of Lying-in
1. Noun. The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement. ¹
2. Adjective. of, or relating to childbirth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lying-in
Literary usage of Lying-in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... marked by trees and a ditch, runs from a county road In an easterly direction
until it reaches the marsh land in dispute lying in front and to the east ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"In March, 1851, puerperal fever invaded the Berlin lying-in Hospital with remarkable
severity; ... Destruction of Puerperal Miasma in lying-in Hospitals. ..."
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