parturiency

par·tu·ri·ent  (pär-tr-nt, -tyr-)

adj.

1. About to bring forth young; being in labor.

2. Of or relating to giving birth.

3. About to produce or come forth with something, such as an idea or a discovery.

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[Latin parturins, parturient-, present participle of parturre, to be in labor, from partus, past participle of parere, to give birth; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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par·turi·en·cy n.

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parturiency

the state or condition of bringing forth young or being about to begin parturition. — parturient, adj.

See also: Birth

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parturiency - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" childbed, confinement, lying-in, travail, labour, labor uterine contraction - a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus premature labor, premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle