n.
Parturition.
parturiency
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noun
- The condition of carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: gestation, gravidity, gravidness, pregnancy. See reproduction/barrenness.
| WordNet: parturiency |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
Synonyms: labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
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