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parturient

parturient adjective: in labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.

Adjective

parturient (comparative more parturient, superlative most parturient)

  1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
    • In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.1905, William George Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 47
    • This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98
  2. (broadly) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
  3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
    Synonyms:
    parturious
  4. Facilitating labour.

Noun

parturient (plural parturients)

  1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
  2. A substance that facilitates labour.

parturient meaning in Tamil

parturient in Tamil

ஈனல், ஈனுதல், ஈன்றெடுத்தல், பற்று, பிறப்பித்தல், பெற்றல்

Synonyms of parturient

  • parturious

Forms of parturient

Adjective
comparativemore parturient
superlativemost parturient
Noun
pluralparturients

Origin of parturient

Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”).

Words formed from parturient

Questions about parturient

What does parturient mean?
Parturient means in labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
What is parturient in Tamil?
Parturient in Tamil is ஈனல், ஈனுதல், ஈன்றெடுத்தல். See Parturient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parturient?
Parturient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near parturient in the dictionary

  1. parturiated
  2. parturiates
  3. parturiating
  4. parturience
  5. parturiency
  6. parturient
  7. parturients
  8. parturifacient
  9. parturifacients
  10. parturiometer
  11. parturiometers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parturient (page history and authors); parturient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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