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labour
noun(la-bor)
the physical activities involved in childbirth consisting essentially of a prolonged series of involuntary contractions of the uterine musculature together with both reflex and voluntary contractions of the abdominal wall; also : the period of time during which such labor takes place
labour
intransitive verb(la-bor)
to be in the labor of giving birth

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