parturient

Definition of parturientnext

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Adjective
  • The disagreement started last year, when lawmakers passed legislation to strip certain public benefits from some immigrants, including soup kitchens, prenatal care and food assistance for a minor child.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But those looking for something more unique should beeline to the massage and body treatment menu, where specific needs are met through a range of treatments (ie a jet lag remedy, lymphatic drainage massage, prenatal massages, and more).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The pregnant body, unhidden Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • Certain groups — including pregnant women, parents of young children and people with disabilities — are exempt from the work requirements.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 1 May 2026
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
Adjective
  • While sustaining the ruse for months, Ale arranged with an expectant young mother who didn’t want her child to take that woman’s newborn as her own.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The expectant dad walked beside her wearing brown pants, a white shirt and a jean jacket.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cost was a deciding factor for Amy Sawyer-Williams, who works at a theater company in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has gestational diabetes.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
  • For example, a number of pregnancy complications, like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and miscarriages, put women at higher lifetime risk of heart disease.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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