'Parturient' definitions:
Definition of 'parturient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or giving birth; "parturient pangs"; "the parturient uterus"
adjective
Giving birth; "a parturient heifer"
Definition of 'Parturient'
From: GCIDE
- Parturient \Par*tu"ri*ent\, a. [L. parturiens, p. pr. of parturire to desire to bring forth, fr. parere, partum, to bring forth. See Parent.] Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parturient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antenatal,
- anticipating,
- autochthonous,
- beginning,
- big,
- big with child,
- big-laden,
- breeding,
- budding,
- carrying,
- carrying a fetus,
- creative,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- expectant,
- expecting,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestating,
- gestatory,
- gone,
- gravid,
- great,
- heavy,
- heavy with child,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- knocked up,
- nascent,
- natal,
- original,
- postnatal,
- preggers,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- superfetate,
- superimpregnated,
- teeming,
- ur,
- with child