live birth

noun

: a birth of a living child or animal

Examples of live birth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a breakdown by patient age, buried in the supplemental material, shows that for 12 patients who were age 39, the live birth rate was less than 10%. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Its narration presents pregnancy as a societal ideal, while noting that a live birth depends on a monthslong chain of events going just right. — Katherine Pukinskis, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

The vast majority of those cases involved a live birth where the mother was suspected of using drugs, but in a rising minority of cases since Dobbs, people are also being criminalized for pregnancy loss. — Amy Littlefield, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

An autopsy report indicated there was evidence of live birth. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for live birth

• afterbirth
• berth
• dearth
• earth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth

Medical Definition

live birth

noun

ˈlīv- 

: birth in such a state that processes of life are manifested after the emergence of the whole body : birth of a live fetus compare stillbirth