parturient

American  

[pahr-toor-ee-uhnt, -tyoor-] / pɑrˈtʊər i ənt, -ˈtyʊər- /

adjective

1. bearing or about to bear young; travailing.

2. pertaining to parturition.

3. bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.

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parturient British  

/ pɑːˈtjʊərɪənt /

adjective

1. of or relating to childbirth

2. giving birth

3. producing or about to produce a new idea, etc

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Other Word Forms

• parturiency noun
• postparturient adjective

Etymology

Origin of parturient

1585–95; < Latin parturient- (stem of parturiēns ) being in labor, literally, desiring to bring forth (present participle of parturīre to be about to give birth), equivalent to part ( us ) (past participle of parere to bring forth, bear) + -uri- desiderative suffix + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

The outcome of modern investigation tends, however, to prove that the puerperal poison is of a septic nature, and that the usual points of introduction of the poison are the lesions of the parturient canal.

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A bisischial diameter at the outlet of the parturient canal of 7 centimetres or less is an indication for section; so are certain tumours that block the delivery of the child.

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It appears, then, from the above numbers, that cows are the most liable to puerperal fever at the fifth parturient period—a fact which is noticed by Mr. Barlow.

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All those vehement cries of the critics which we have brought together were but the sharp pangs and throes of a parturient language in the natural progress of a long-protracted birth.

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Altogether eighteen parturient cows have been examined bacteriologically.

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