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parturient

[ pahr-toor-ee-uhnt, -tyoor- ]

adjective

  1. bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
  2. pertaining to parturition.
  3. bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.


parturient

/ ±èÉ‘Ëˈ³ÙÂáÊŠÉ™°ùɪə²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. of or relating to childbirth
  2. giving birth
  3. producing or about to produce a new idea, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±è²¹°ùˈ³Ù³Ü°ù¾±±ð²Ô³¦²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²¹°ù·³Ù³Ü۾±Â·±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun
  • ±è´Ç²õ³Ùp²¹°ù·³Ù³Ü۾±Â·±ð²Ô³Ù adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of parturient1

1585–95; < Latin parturient- (stem of ±è²¹°ù³Ù³Ü°ù¾±Å§²Ô²õ ) being in labor, literally, desiring to bring forth (present participle of ±è²¹°ù³Ù³Ü°ùÄ«°ù±ð to be about to give birth), equivalent to part ( us ) (past participle of parere to bring forth, bear) + -uri- desiderative suffix + -ent- -ent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of parturient1

C16: via Latin ±è²¹°ù³Ù³Ü°ùÄ«°ù±ð, from parere to bring forth
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With a scornful snicker, he settled himself behind his desk, replaced the empty cigarette holder in his mouth and lapsed into parturient silence for a few moments.

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The outcome of modern investigation tends, however, to prove that the puerperal poison is of a septic nature, and that the usual points of introduction of the poison are the lesions of the parturient canal.

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A bisischial diameter at the outlet of the parturient canal of 7 centimetres or less is an indication for section; so are certain tumours that block the delivery of the child.

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It appears, then, from the above numbers, that cows are the most liable to puerperal fever at the fifth parturient period—a fact which is noticed by Mr. Barlow.

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All those vehement cries of the critics which we have brought together were but the sharp pangs and throes of a parturient language in the natural progress of a long-protracted birth.

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