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(informal) An event involving a large number of births or creations..
It has 149 midwives, 129 beds for gynaecological cases, 314 maternity beds and a "birthquake" of 39,856 babies (more than 109 per day).
The presentation of this notion stimulated a birthquake of theoretical development and research in the field of urban sociology.
Use birthquake when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Birthquake means (informal) An event involving a large number of births or creations..
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It has 149 midwives, 129 beds for gynaecological cases, 314 maternity beds and a "birthquake" of 39,856 babies (more than 109 per day).
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