parturient

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (I am in labour).

Adjective

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parturient (comparative more parturient, superlative most parturient)

  1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
    • 1905, William George Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 47:
      In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.
    • 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98:
      This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.
  2. (by extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
  3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
  4. (of a substance) Facilitating labour.

Synonyms

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Noun

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parturient (plural parturients)

  1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
  2. A substance that facilitates labour.

Quotations

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Latin

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Verb

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parturient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of parturiō