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PARTURIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving birth
Example:
a parturient heifer
Classified under:
Similar:
nascent (being born or beginning)
Derivation:
parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or giving birth
Example:
the parturient uterus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
parturition (the process of giving birth)
Derivation:
parturiency (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
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