English > parturiency: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. |
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| Synonyms | labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed |
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| Part of | pregnancy, gestation, maternity | The state of being pregnant |
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| Parts | asynclitism, obliquity | The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
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| effacement | shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor |
| uterine contraction | A rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal |
| Narrower | premature labor, premature labour | labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation |
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| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
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| Spanish | embarazo, gestación |
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| Catalan | embaràs, gestació |
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| Adjectives | parturient | of or relating to or giving birth |
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| parturient | giving birth |