parturient

Definition of parturientnext

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Adjective
  • Last year, the Boys Don't Cry star helped lobby for the CA Senate Bill 646, which enforces prenatal vitamin manufacturers to test for and disclose levels of potentially harmful heavy metals in products.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • In-room massage services range from deep tissue and reflexology to prenatal care and warm basalt stone treatments, with customizable enhancements like Moroccan oil scalp massages.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Adjective
  • The statement called for an investigation into the incident and a review of protocols governing pregnant people in custody.
    Cristian Santana, NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • Set in 1944 in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Pan’s Labyrinth follows Ofelia, a young girl living with her pregnant mother and her new husband, a brutal Francoist captain played by Sergi López.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 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
  • On his Instagram Stories, Cole posted a picture of the expectant parents, simply adding three red heart emojis.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • The last snap in the carousel was the expectant parents making the same hand motion, which Palvin echoed in the comments.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Surrogacy or gestational carrier cases have created so many families.
    Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • The gestational age and status of the pregnancy is unknown.
    Gretchen E. Ely, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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