parturient

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parturient
Adjective
  • Services include prenatal care, health and nutrition, as well as affordable childcare.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Since prenatal vitamins impact both parent and baby, ingredient quality matters most; and thankfully, Basic Prenatal is made without the additives or coatings often found in other supplements.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The French fright fest features a very pregnant widow (Alysson Paradis) who sees her home invaded on Christmas Eve by a mysterious woman in black (Beatrice Dalle) dead set on cutting her baby out with some scissors.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • After arranging a trip to the vet the next day, Coranez learned that the orange cat was, in fact, female—and pregnant with five kittens due in just two days, on October 14.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 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
  • Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • The maternity concierge serves as a liaison, guiding expectant parents through the multifaceted stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, alleviating anxiety and stress while assisting families in navigating the journey.
    MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fedorus recalled her initial concerns as a then-expectant parent in a personal essay for the CBC.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Setareh notes that reproductive history is also key here and that women who experienced early menopause, gestational hypertension and preeclampsia should consider this test, too, because these conditions all increase their risk for heart disease.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Instead the gestational environment starts shaping fetuses’ brain processing even before birth.
    Meghie Rodrigues, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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