Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Blastoderm. blasâ²to-derm, n. an embryological term applied to the layer or layers of cells arising from the germinal disc, or the portion of a partially segmenting egg which undergoes division. [Gr. blasto-, blastos, a sprout, derma, dermat-, skin.]
â¢ CHILDBEARING (noun). The noun CHILDBEARING has 1 sense: 1. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. Familiarity information: CHILDBEARING used as a noun is very rare.
In fact, the authors point out that other research has shown that poor girls who have babies when they are teenagers do not suffer much worse economic outcomes in the long term than their peers who wait to have children. Teenage childbearing is âa symptom, not a causeâ of poverty and economic immobility, Mr. Levine said in an interview. Policy prescriptions, he said, should focus more on improving economic opportunities than merely persuading more teenagers to use birth control.