live birth

noun

: a birth of a living child or animal

Examples of live birth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Women in their early 30s generally need about 14 mature eggs for a roughly 70% chance of one live birth, according to one estimate cited by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 July 2026

All of these aphids are females that give live birth to other females. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026

Women who froze at 35 or younger saw live birth rates around 52%, compared to roughly 19% for those who froze at 40 or older. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Nevertheless, the Black women in the study had a lower rate of live birth—about 45 percent, compared with about 60 percent for white women. — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 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