parturient

Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“I am in labour”).

parturient (comparative more parturient, superlative most parturient)

1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
   • 1905, William George Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 47:

     In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.

   • 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98:

     This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.

2. (by extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
4. (of a substance) Facilitating labour.

• (relating to childbirth): parturious (obsolete)

parturient (plural parturients)

1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
2. A substance that facilitates labour.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:parturient.

parturient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of parturiō