'Parturition' definitions:
Definition of 'parturition'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Parturition'
From: GCIDE
- Parturition \Par`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. parturitio, fr. parturire: cf. F. parturition. See Parturient.]
- 1. The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is brought forth; a birth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parturition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouchement,
- babyhood,
- bearing,
- beginnings,
- birth,
- birth throes,
- birthing,
- blessed event,
- childbearing,
- childbed,
- childbirth,
- childhood,
- confinement,
- cradle,
- delivery,
- freshman year,
- genesis,
- giving birth,
- hatching,
- having a baby,
- inception,
- inchoation,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- incunabula,
- infancy,
- labor,
- multiparity,
- nascence,
- nascency,
- nativity,
- origin,
- origination,
- pregnancy,
- the Nativity,
- the stork,
- travail,
- youth