parturient

Definition of parturientnext

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Adjective
  • Advances in childbirth — including prenatal care, Cesarean sections, blood transfusions, antibiotics and neonatal intensive care — also dramatically improved maternal and infant survival compared with colonial America.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The program's goal is to lessen drive times for families seeking prenatal, delivery and postnatal care.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • That's because of superfecundation, which means that one female cat can become pregnant by multiple male cats at the same time.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Balogun was born in New York only because his Nigerian mother, visiting from England, was seven months pregnant and denied boarding for the flight back to London.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.
    Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Trump’s order was immediately challenged through multiple lawsuits filed by expectant parents, immigrant rights groups and 22 state attorneys general.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Batches of limited stock sales will be allowed in the coming months, however, and some real estate agents and bankers are putting together workarounds to help expectant millionaires leverage their future gains to secure loans.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • By 2022, thanks to strong advocacy, the laws around gestational surrogacy had changed, and Cohen was able to welcome his daughter in New York.
    Morgan Mouchette, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • House Bill 352 requires improvements to insurance coverage for gestational diabetes care during pregnancy.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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