birth canal
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- noun
- /bɜrθ kænəl/
- Specialized
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canal de parto
- Free an infant whose shoulders become wedged in the birth canal.
- passage through the birth canal
Screaming through identical birth canals, is not the same as friendship.
- Screaming through identical birth canals, is not the same as friendship.
- It, it's going to burst the, the birth canal if it's there in the womb.
Examples
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The position she is in is actually the ideal position for birth as it straightens out the birth canal.
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The baby is then pulled out of the birth canal, leaving the head inside the canal.
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My son was in the birth canal for a bit.
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It's a narrow birth canal.
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Sara came through the slippery birth canal like a fish surging forth from the sea onto the land.
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With vaginal delivery, twin A may "clean out" the birth canal, permitting twin B passage through the canal relatively free of virus.
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As an L&D nurse, I’m sure you learned that moving through the birth canal naturally is actually healthy for newborns.
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As the baby moved down, it began to enter the birth canal, preparing for delivery.
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She was nervous as she learned that the baby would soon pass through the birth canal.
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During childbirth, the doctor monitored the baby's position in the birth canal to ensure a safe delivery.
Synonyms
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A tube made of muscle in women and female animals that connects the opening between the legs to the womb
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun combines 'birth' (the process of being born) with 'canal' (a bodily passage), so the meaning of an anatomical passage used during childbirth is directly predictable from its constituents. This straightforward compositional pattern for naming body passages is cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Birth canal is a name from a simple image: birth (when a baby is born) and canal (a narrow passage). It refers to the narrow passage in the mother's body that a baby passes through during 'delivery'.