English Explanatory Dictionary

parturient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
  2. About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
  3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
  4. Facilitating labour.
noun
  1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
  2. A substance that facilitates labour.

Word forms

parturient more parturient most parturient parturients

Etymology

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

Synonyms

parturious

Derived words

nonparturient periparturient postparturient
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