parturition
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parturition
1640–50; < Late Latin parturītiōn- (stem of parturītiō ) travail, equivalent to Latin parturīt ( us ) (past participle of parturīre; see parturient) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Parturition was a dangerous crisis, and the long-expected infant was reared with misgivings and a superfluity of coddling.
From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Harrison, Frederic
Rapid Parturition Without Usual Symptoms.—Births unattended by symptoms that are the usual precursors of labor often lead to speedy deliveries in awkward places.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Parturition usually takes place about the period of the recurrence of the menstrual molimina, or at least of that monthly cyclic feeling which many women experience, though there is no flow.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Parturition, symbolized by shell, 95; by snail, 111.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
Parturition; the time at which a woman is in labour.
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James
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