Noun: parturiency paar'tûr-ee-un(t)-see [N. Amer], paa'tyûr-ee-un(t)-see [Brit]
- Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
"The mother entered a state of parturiency as labour began";
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], confinement, lying-in, travail [literary], childbed [archaic]
Derived forms: parturiencies
Type of: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition
Part of: gestation, gravidation [archaic], gravidity [technical], maternity, pregnancy
Encyclopedia: Parturiency