natural child

Example Sentences

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Hugh, who is now 70, was born in Lanark because it was only natural child birth centre in Scotland.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2018

Once you introduce a genotype to the world, whether it be a natural child or a transgenic one—or a dogcat, for that matter—you must accept the consequences.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2016

Washington is also looking into ways to reduce the number of Medicaid-covered Cesarean deliveries, which involve surgery, are more expensive and are less safe than natural child births, Porter said.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 9, 2011

Bereft of her only natural child, she cradles this artificial one.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is possible, however, that the Pope's second statement likewise was untrue, and that the "Infante of Rome" was not his son, but was a natural child of Lucretia.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand