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Meaning of parturient in English
Pronunciation
/pɑrˈt(j)ʊriənt/
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Classifying Adjective
parturient
Definitions
1.
giving birth
Examples
« a parturient heifer »
Synonyms
aborning
Qualitative Adjective
parturient
Etymology
late 16th century: from Latin parturient-‘being in labor’, from the verb parturire, inceptive of parere‘bring forth’
Definitions
1.
of or relating to or giving birth
Examples
« parturient pangs »
« the parturient uterus »