Parturient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Parturient is an adjective meaning In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
Meaning
In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
More Meanings
- (by extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
- Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
- (of a substance) Facilitating labour.
- One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
- A substance that facilitates labour.
Example Sentences
This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.
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.
Word Forms
- parturients
Synonyms for parturient
Depending on context, synonyms include aborning.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aborning, postparturient, periparturient, peripartum, postpartum, preggers.
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