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   parturient

   /pɑːˈtjʊərɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a woman or female mammal) about to give birth; in labour: "hospitalized parturient women"

   noun

   • 1. a parturient woman: "anaesthesia for the parturient"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin parturient- ‘being in labour’, from the verb parturire, inceptive of parere ‘bring forth’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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