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Definition of Parturition
1. Noun. The process of giving birth.
Specialized synonyms: Brooding, Incubation, Calving, Accouchement, Childbearing, Childbirth, Vaginal Birth, Farrow, Farrowing, Hatch, Hatching, Egg Laying, Laying, Childbed, Confinement, Labor, Labour, Lying-in, Parturiency, Travail
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Group relationships: Reproduction
Derivative terms: Be Born, Birth
Definition of Parturition
1. n. The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.
Definition of Parturition
1. Noun. The act of giving birth; childbirth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parturition
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Medical Definition of Parturition
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parturition
Literary usage of Parturition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"parturition usually follows within forty-eight hours. The laying of eggs by
animals is termed, in French, ponte. The term has been applied to the periodical ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"The main object of Dr. Davis is to represent, by the display of cases, the dancers
to mother or child during parturition. That his object may be gained he ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"The whole process of parturition may be broadly considered a reflex act, ...
In a dog, whose dorsal cord'had been completely severed, parturition took place ..."
4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"Subsequent to a difficult parturition, Cuny (J. Yet., 1907, 652) observed rapidly
progressing atrophy in the area supplied by the superior gluteal nerve in ..."
5. Legal Medicine by Charles Meymott Tidy (1884)
"It is advisable to bear in mind, in making a post-mortem on a pregnant woman,
the possibility of post-mortem parturition. ..."
6. Manual of the International List of Causes of Death: Based on the Second by United States Bureau of the Census, Cressy Livingston Wilbur (1911)
"This title includes: Accidental haemorrhage of parturition puerperium Adherent
placenta Apoplexy of placenta Detachment of placenta Haemorrhage after labor ..."
7. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"ARTICLE V.—On some of the Phenomena of parturition in their Practical Aspects.
By DAVID BERRY HART, MD, FRCPE, Assistant to the Professor of Midwifery, ..."
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