coffin birth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Postmortem fetal extrusion: the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of a deceased pregnant woman as a result of gaseous pressure through decomposition.

Word forms

coffin birth coffin births
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