parturient

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Definition of parturient

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.

“In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.”
“This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.”

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adj

In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.

“In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.”
“This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.”
(broadly)About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
Facilitating labour.

noun

One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
A substance that facilitates labour.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”).

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