birth canal
Americannoun
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He basically started with his emergence from the birth canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
And the reason is that if you’re not, you have an 85 percent chance of getting hepatitis B, passing through a birth canal that has the virus in it.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2025
During pregnancy, Hayley was diagnosed with vasa previa, a dangerous condition in which the blood vessels from the placenta or umbilical cord block the birth canal.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
Testimony and an autopsy confirmed that the fetus died in utero before passing through the birth canal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mothers birth canal and we howl.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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