"L&D" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: L&Ds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} L&D (plural L&Ds)
  1. (especially UK) Initialism of labour and delivery: childbirth; a department for childbirth (in a hospital); the suite of rooms for that department. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, especially, initialism Alternative form of: labour and delivery (extra: childbirth; a department for childbirth (in a hospital); the suite of rooms for that department) Hypernyms: obstetrics Coordinate_terms: A&E
    Sense id: en-L&D-en-noun-SlF5vK8o Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42
  2. (civil engineering) Initialism of lock and dam. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: lock and dam
    Sense id: en-L&D-en-noun-hRNsVF-G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Topics: civil-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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