parturiency

Noun

Synonyms: labor labour confinement lying-in travail childbed

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child“she was in labor for six hours”Synonyms: labor labour confinement lying-in travail childbed

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Parturiency \Par*tu"ri*en*cy\, n. Parturition. [1913 Webster]

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