Parturition

Word PARTURITION
Character 11
Hyphenation par tu ri tion
Pronunciations /ˌpɑː(ɹ)tjʊˈɹɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Parturition"

What do we mean by parturition?

The act or process of giving birth; childbirth. noun

The act of bringing forth or being delivered of young. noun

That which is brought forth; burden; birth. noun

The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth. noun

That which is brought forth; a birth. noun

The act of giving birth; childbirth. noun

The process of giving birth noun

The act of giving birth; childbirth.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Parturition

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The word "parturition" in example sentences

-- Like a woman in parturition, who, after having restrained her breathing for a time, at last, overcome with labor pain, lets out her voice with a panting sigh; so Jehovah will give full vent to His long pent-up wrath. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Their instinct comes direct from God and guides them to help themselves in parturition; the very time when the herdsman is most anxious for his herds. wild goats -- ibex (Ps 104: 18; 1Sa 24: 2). hinds -- fawns; most timid and defenseless animals, yet cared for by God. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Hutzal CE, Boyle EM, Kenyon SL, Nash JV, Winsor S, Taylor DJ, Kirpalani H. Useof antibiotics for the treatment of preterm parturition and prevention of neonatal morbidity: a metaanalysis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Bridges, the missionary who has studied so well the Yahgans of Tierra del Fuego, states that "the names _imu_ and _dabi_ -- father and mother -- have no meaning apart from their application, neither have any of their other very definite and ample list of terms for relatives, except the terms _macu_ [cf. _magu_," parturition "] and ❋ Alexander F. Chamberlain (N/A)

So the obvious explanation is that, previously, the off-screen relegation of parturition was the result of straight sexism, and its new primacy is a good sign. ❋ Unknown (2012)

And this makes perfect sense – medically speaking, jeopardy to the mother is indivisible from jeopardy to the foetus until parturition is over. ❋ Unknown (2012)

So, a third European Muslim state struggles into life, its parturition attended by a gaggle of EU midwives, infuriating Serbia and Russia into the bargain. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“An occupation requiring a woman to stand during the greater part of the day when continued up to within a few days or even hours of the time of parturition, must act to the detriment of the offspring, and there is less chance of the latter coming into the world fully grown, well-formed, and in good health.” ❋ Annie Murphy Paul (2010)

She would eventually commemorate her reaction to the news of this impending geriatric parturition by naming the newborn Isaac, which means “I laughed.” ❋ Kate Braestrup (2010)

Ergot also had a history of medical use—as a labor-inducing drug that, according to one nineteenth-century physician, “expedites lingering parturition and saves to the accoucheur a considerable portion of time.” ❋ Gary Greenberg (2010)

“Effects of social support during parturition on maternal and infant morbidity,” Br Med J, 293:585–587, 1986. ❋ Judith Lothian RN (2010)

Poor frustrated Semmelweiss, women who died because doctors wouldn't wash, Brigid and Michael in their various painful forms of parturition – all that is the stuff of a novel. ❋ Ursula K Le Guin (2010)

A remarkable terra-cotta tombstone from Isola Sacra, near the Roman port of Ostia, offers us an extraordinary view of a Roman woman in the process of parturition. ❋ Annelise Freisenbruch (2010)

R. Moshe Sternbuch argues that the maternal relationship and blood relationship are established at the time of parturition but the impurity inhering in the non-Jewish ovum must be removed by conversion. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

This analogy may be annulled by the subsequent parturition maternal relationship. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

Bleich concludes that there is firm basis for maternity arising from parturition but doubtful maternity arising from genetic and even gestational relationships, which require conversion. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

As a result, non-Jewish ova donations would not be halakhically problematic because the Jewish uterine environment and parturition by a Jewish woman would confer Jewishness. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

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