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Definition of Parturiency
1. Noun. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. "She was in labor for six hours"
Terms within: Uterine Contraction, Effacement, Asynclitism, Obliquity
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition
Group relationships: Gestation, Maternity, Pregnancy
Specialized synonyms: Premature Labor, Premature Labour
Derivative terms: Labor, Labour, Parturient, Parturient
Definition of Parturiency
1. n. Parturition.
Definition of Parturiency
1. Noun. parturition ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parturiency
Literary usage of Parturiency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mixed Essays, Irish Essays and Others: Irish Essays and Others by Matthew Arnold (1883)
"... in Ireland with respect to politics and public counsel; " a parturiency which
in clever young Irishmen does often, certainly, seem to be excessive. ..."
2. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"Perhaps, also, they might do well to perpend the good bishop's caution against'a
general parturiency in Ireland with respect to politics and public counsel ..."
3. Irish Essays: And Others by Matthew Arnold (1891)
"Perhaps, our Irish friends might do well also to perpend the good bishop's caution
against ' a general parturiency in Ireland with respect to politics and ..."
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