BRADLEY METHOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bradley method mean? 

• BRADLEY METHOD (noun)
  The noun BRADLEY METHOD has 1 sense:

1. a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father)

  Familiarity information: BRADLEY METHOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRADLEY METHOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

Bradley method; Bradley method of childbirth

Hypernyms ("Bradley method" is a kind of...):

natural childbirth (labor and childbirth without medical intervention; no drugs are given to relieve pain or aid the birth process)