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parturiency

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par⋅tu⋅ri⋅ent

  [pahr-toor-ee-uhnt, -tyoor-]
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–adjective
1. bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
2. pertaining to parturition.
3. bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.
Origin:
1585–95; < L parturient- (s. of parturiēns) being in labor, lit., desiring to bring forth (prp. of parturīre to be about to give birth), equiv. to part(us) (ptp. of parere to bring forth, bear) + -uri- desiderative suffix + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
par⋅tu⋅ri⋅en⋅cy, noun
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par·tu·ri·ent   (pär-tŏŏr'ē-ənt, -tyŏŏr'-)   
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.


[Latin parturiēns, parturient-, present participle of parturīre, to be in labor, from partus, past participle of parere, to give birth; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
par·tu'ri·en·cy n.
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Word Origin & History

parturient 
"about to give birth," 1592, from L. parturientem (nom. parturiens), prp. of parturire "be in labor," desiderative of parere "to bear" (see parent).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2parturient
Function: noun
: a parturient individual <parturients are at high risk for aspiration —R. M. Meyer>
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Medical Dictionary

parturient par·tu·ri·ent (pär-t&oobreve;r'ē-ənt, -ty&oobreve;r'-)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to giving birth.

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

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