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parturient

par·tu·rient

uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to or giving birth

  • “parturient pangs”
  • “the parturient uterus”
2.

giving birth

  • “a parturient heifer”
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Origin

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

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