About The Word Parturient
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Parturient
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What's The Definition Of Parturient?
[adj] giving birth; "a parturient heifer"
[adj] of or relating to or giving birth; "parturient pangs"; "the parturient uterus" Synonyms | Synonyms for Parturient: aborning | in labor(p) Related Terms | Find terms related to Parturient: abecedarian | aboriginal | antenatal | anticipating | autochthonous | beginning | big | big with child | big-laden | breeding | budding | carrying | carrying a fetus | creative | elemental | elementary | embryonic | expectant | expecting | fetal | formative | foundational | fundamental | gestating | gestatory | gone | gravid | great | heavy | heavy with child | in embryo | in its infancy | in the bud | inaugural | inceptive | inchoate | inchoative | incipient | incunabular | infant | infantile | initial | initiative | initiatory | introductory | inventive | knocked up | nascent | natal | original | postnatal | preggers | pregnant | prenatal | primal | primary | prime | primeval | primitive | primogenial | procreative | rudimental | rudimentary | superfetate | superimpregnated | teeming | ur | with child See Also | Parturient In Webster's Dictionary \Par*tu"ri*ent\, a. [L. parturiens, p. pr. of
parturire to desire to bring forth, fr. parere, partum, to
bring forth. See {Parent}.]
Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.
--Jer. Tailor.
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