Parturition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parturition \Par`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. parturitio, fr. parturire:
     cf. F. parturition. See {Parturient}.]
     1. The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young;
        the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. That which is brought forth; a birth. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parturition
       n : the process of giving birth [syn: {birth}, {giving birth}, {birthing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "parturition":
     accouchement, babyhood, bearing, beginnings, birth, birth throes,
     birthing, blessed event, childbearing, childbed, childbirth,
     childhood, confinement, cradle, delivery, freshman year, genesis,
     giving birth, hatching, having a baby, inception, inchoation,
     incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, labor, multiparity,
     nascence, nascency, nativity, origin, origination, pregnancy,
     the Nativity, the stork, travail, youth