Parturition
11parturition — (par tu ri sion) s. f. Terme didactique. Accouchement naturel, c est à dire sans le concours de l art. La mise bas des animaux. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. parturitionem, de parturire, dénominatif du nom d agent parturus, devant enfanter (voy. part 1)… …
12parturition — noun, formal even today, in many parts of the world, mortality associated with parturition is alarmingly high Syn: childbirth, birth, delivery, birthing, labor; archaic confinement, travail …
13parturition — /patʃəˈrɪʃən / (say pahchuh rishuhn) noun the act of bringing forth young; childbirth. {Latin parturītiōn , stem of parturītiō} …
14parturition — n. bringing forth of young. ♦ parturient a. ♦ parturifacient, n. & a. (drug) inducing parturition …
15PARTURITION — n. f. T. de Médecine Accouchement naturel …
16parturition — the process of giving birth, e.g. said of male seahorses …
17parturition — n. [L. parturire, to bring forth] The act of giving birth …
18parturition — noun The act of giving birth; childbirth …
19parturition — Synonyms and related words: accouchement, babyhood, bearing, beginnings, birth, birth throes, birthing, blessed event, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, childhood, confinement, cradle, delivery, freshman year, genesis, giving birth, hatching,… …
20parturition — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or process of bringing forth young: accouchement, birth, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying in, travail. See START …