Medical Dictionary

birthing center

noun birth·ing center \ˌbər-thiŋ-\

Medical Definition of BIRTHING CENTER

:  a facility usually staffed by nurse-midwives that provides a less institutionalized setting than a hospital for women who wish to deliver by natural childbirth

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