parturient

adjective

Definition of parturientnext
as in prenatal

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  1. prenatal
  2. pregnant
  3. gravid
  4. expectant
  5. gestational
Adjective
  • The department had closed its North Shore Health Center in Highland Park, and entered into a prenatal care partnership with Erie Family Health Center.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Those accommodations can include additional bathroom breaks, permission to carry water or food, a stool for employees who need to sit while working, schedule changes or time off for prenatal appointments, according to the EEOC.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of prenatal
Adjective
  • Who wants a pregnant woman on (laughs) the cover of a magazine?
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Their roommate, who is pregnant, was pulled alive out of the rubble.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of pregnant
Adjective
  • About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Definition of gravid
Adjective
  • But on the night of September 3, 1997, the stakes were especially high for expectant parents.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In her carousel post, the expectant mom shared several throwback photos of herself and Ruben from their wedding day.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of expectant
Adjective
  • Morrobel, now 37, went on to beat the odds, recently celebrating seven years living with MBC and the upcoming birth of a baby boy with her husband via gestational carrier.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Pregnancy and childbirth are costly processes, increasing cardiac output, hypercoagulability, abdominal obesity, and risk of gestational diabetes.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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