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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of storten (“to plummet, to dump”) + bevalling (“labour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔrt.bəˌvɑ.lɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: stort‧be‧val‧ling
Noun
stortbevalling f (plural stortbevallingen)
- precipitate labour; a labour with a short timespan between the beginning of cervical dilation and childbirth
1919 June 1, “Mededeelingen uit de praktijk”, in Tijdschrift voor praktische verloskunde, volume 23, number 3, page 38:1 October 1917 had vrouw A. een stortbevalling.- On October 1st 1917 mrs. A. had a precipitate labour.