adj
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Meanings
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1
adj
In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
The clinic admitted the parturient patient when labor became regular.
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2
adj
About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
The committee was parturient with ambitious but unfinished proposals.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
in labor
Word family
Derived forms
nonparturientperiparturientpostparturient
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”).