parturition
noun
par·tu·ri·tion
ˌpär-chə-ˈri-shən 
ˌpär-tyu̇-,
ˌpär-tə-
: the action or process of giving birth to offspring : childbirth
Examples of parturition in a Sentence
parturition can sometimes proceed more quickly than anticipated
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.…
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—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Few women can relate to platformed parturition, but most understand Ms. Haart’s quest for comfort.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2021
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
The main event—parturition—has yet to happen, but we are alerted to the Virgin’s readiness for it.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
Their physical needs were considered to be concerned only with conception and parturition.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
The modesty costumes worn by the women of Gilead are derived from Western religious iconography — the Wives wear the blue of purity, from the Virgin Mary; the Handmaids wear red, from the blood of parturition, but also from Mary Magdalene.
—Margaret Atwood, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.…
Subscribe or log in to continue reading.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Few women can relate to platformed parturition, but most understand Ms. Haart’s quest for comfort.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2021
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
The main event—parturition—has yet to happen, but we are alerted to the Virgin’s readiness for it.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
Their physical needs were considered to be concerned only with conception and parturition.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
The modesty costumes worn by the women of Gilead are derived from Western religious iconography — the Wives wear the blue of purity, from the Virgin Mary; the Handmaids wear red, from the blood of parturition, but also from Mary Magdalene.
—Margaret Atwood, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
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“Parturition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parturition. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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parturition
noun
par·tu·ri·tion
ˌpärt-ə-ˈrish-ən
ˌpär-chə-
ˌpär-chə-
Medical Definition
parturition
noun
par·tu·ri·tion
ˌpärt-ə-ˈrish-ən
ˌpär-chə-
ˌpär-tyu̇-
ˌpär-chə-
ˌpär-tyu̇-
: the action or process of giving birth to offspring : childbirth
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