virgin birth

Meaning

1. A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
2. In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
3. In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
4. Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
5. Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.

Synonyms

parthenogenesis

parthenogeny

agamogenesis

Translations

partenogènesi

Parthogenese

Parthenogenese

παρθενογένεση

partenogenesi

partenogenez

eşeysiz üreme

Etymology

From virgin + birth.