Usually means: Postpartum period for new mothers.
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  1. lying-in: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. lying-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lying-in, lying-in: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lying-in: Vocabulary.com
  5. Lying-in, lying-in: Wordnik
  6. lying-in: Wiktionary
  7. lying-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lying-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. lying-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lying-in: Dictionary.com
  11. Lying-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Lying-in: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. lying-in: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. lying-in: Rhymezone
  15. Lying-in: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. lying-in: Free Dictionary
  17. lying-in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. lying-in: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. lying-in: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. lying-in: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lying-in)

noun:  The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement.
noun:  A period of postpartum confinement, typically a month or longer, formerly common in Europe and still practiced in some parts of the world.
adjective:  of, or relating to childbirth or postpartum confinement

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