Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vbac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: vbac
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.

Example Sentences

"I was worried about having a VBAC because my mother nearly bled to death when she gave live birth to me after having had a cesarean."
""In contrast, women who live in El Centro (Imperial County) have vaginal births after cesareans, known as VBACs, at less than a tenth of the state rate and have some of the highest rates of cesareans in the state.""

Etymology

Initialism of vaginal birth after cesarean.

Inflected Forms

VBACs (plural)

Questions

What does vbac mean?: A vaginal birth undertaken with precautionary measures subsequent to a cesarean section birth.
Where does vbac come from?: Initialism of vaginal birth after cesarean.

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