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Definition and importance of Parturition
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Solution
Parturition is an act of expelling the full-term foetus from the mother’s uterus at the end of gestation. Parturition involves forceful muscular contractions of the uterine wall called labour.
Importance:
- Child delivery and placental delivery.
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