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PARTURIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parturient mean?
• PARTURIENT (adjective)
The adjective PARTURIENT has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to or giving birth
2. giving birth
Familiarity information: PARTURIENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or giving birth
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the parturient uterus
Pertainym:
parturition (the process of giving birth)
Derivation:
parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Giving birth
Context example:
a parturient heifer
Similar:
nascent (being born or beginning)
Derivation:
parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
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