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PARTURIENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giving birth

Example:

a parturient heifer

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nascent (being born or beginning)

Derivation:

parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or giving birth

Example:

the parturient uterus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

parturition (the process of giving birth)

Derivation:

parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)

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