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Childlessness , Childlessness, according to the International Union for the Scientific Study of Populations (IUSSP) demographic dictionary, "refers to the state of a… Calve , calve / kav/ • v. 1. [intr.] (of cows and certain other large animals) give birth to a calf. ∎ [tr.] (of a person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf.… Low Birth Weight Infant , Low Birth Weight Infant
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