parturient

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Adjective
  • Obstetricians and fertility specialists say access to adequate prenatal care, insurance coverage and nutritious foods during pregnancy can help shape maternal outcomes.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Its cause isn’t fully understood, but factors including genetics as well as advanced parental age, prenatal exposure to air pollution or certain pesticides, and other environmental influences are thought to play a role.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Greater Salt Lake police officers responded to a call from a Millcreek home that a man and his six family members had been held against their will by their pregnant daughter's boyfriend, Garcia.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Additionally, Rocky’s partner Rihanna attended, heavily pregnant in a blue dress.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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
  • Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
Adjective
  • Breastfeeding Happy Hour support group: Hosted by the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County for expectant and new moms.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
  • One thing is for certain, the legendary former midfielder has work on his hands to get Real Madrid back on track and appease an expectant fanbase that has forgotten all that Ancelotti did for the club just a year ago.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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