parturition

par·tu·ri·tion  (pärty-rshn, -t-, pärch-)

n.

The act or process of giving birth; childbirth.

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[Late Latin parturti, parturtin-, from Latin parturtus, past participle of parturre, to be in labor; see parturient.]

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parturition

Noun

the process of giving birth [Latin parturire to be in labour]

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parturition

childbirth; the act or process of giving birth. — parturient, adj.

See also: Birth

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

parturition - the process of giving birth birthing, giving birth, birth brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body calving - giving birth to a calf accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child farrow, farrowing - the production of a litter of pigs hatch, hatching - the production of young from an egg egg laying, laying - the production of eggs (especially in birds) biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms reproduction - the process of generating offspring childbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"