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womb-to-tomb

American  
[woom-tuh-toom] / ˈwum təˈtum /

adjective

Chiefly British.

  1. extending from prebirth to death: said especially of care under Britain's National Health Service.

Etymology

Origin of womb-to-tomb

First recorded in 1970–75

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