Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Lamaze

Syllabification: (La·maze)
Pronunciation: /ləˈmäz/
Definition of Lamaze

adjective

[attributive]
  • relating to a method of childbirth involving exercises and breathing control to give pain relief without drugs.

Origin:

1950s: from the name of Fernand Lamaze (1891–1957), French physician

Lamaze in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Lamaze in the British & World English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

ludology

/ luːˈdɒlədʒi /
noun
the study of games and gaming, especially video games …