parturition

n.
The act or process of giving birth; childbirth.

[Late Latin parturītiō, parturītiōn-, from Latin parturītus, past participle of parturīre, to be in labor. See parturient.]

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noun

The act or process of bringing forth young: accouchement, birth, birthing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying-in, travail. See start/end.

(pär′chōō-rish′ən)
n

The action or process of giving birth.

The act or process of giving birth to a calf, foal, lamb, puppy, etc.

• p. acceleration — used most commonly in sows with uterine inertia; usual medication is oxytocin; carazolol a recent introduction to the list.
• p. delaying — attempted to give more time for relaxation of the cervix; clenbuterol the common medication.
• difficult p. — see dystocia.
• p. induction — is a common management practice in dairy herds in order to synchronize calvings and lactations. It is also used for therapeutic reasons when large fetuses are expected or in sows when mastitis–metritis–agalactia is a problem in the herd. The usual method is the injection of a suitable corticosteroid, oxytocin or PGF_2α. Undesirable side-effects include high calf mortality rate, retained placenta, photosensitive dermatitis and unusual metabolic diseases. Called also calving induction. Called also parturition initiation.
• p. initiation — see parturition induction (above).
• p. injury — includes laceration of the cervix, vaginal wall or vulva, uterine rupture, fat hernia through the vaginal wall, uterine prolapse, rupture of middle uterine artery, sciatic nerve injury, maternal obstetric paralysis.
• prolonged p. — prolongation of parturition beyond the normal for the species is attended by risks to the dam and the fetuses.
• p. psychosis — see farrowing hysteria.
• synchronized p. — control of the date of parturition by controlling the date of estrus and of mating, or by the induction of parturition.
• p. syndrome — a loose diagnosis embracing many toxemias that occur about the time of calving. See acetonemia, fat cow syndrome, pregnancy toxemia, mastitis, metritis and peritonitis.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fødsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
baring

Français (French)
n. - parturition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entbindung, Geburt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γέννα, τοκετός

Italiano (Italian)
parto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parto (m)

Русский (Russian)
роды

Español (Spanish)
n. - parto, parición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedkomst, födsel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分娩, 生产

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分娩, 生產

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 분만, 출산

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 出産, 分娩

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخاضيه, ولادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לידה‬

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