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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•tu•ri•ent (pär tŏŏr′ē ənt, -tyŏŏr′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicinebearing or about to bear young;
travailing. - Medicinepertaining to parturition.
- bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.
- Latin parturient- (stem of parturiēns) being in labor, literally, desiring to bring forth (present participle of parturīre to be about to give birth), equivalent. to part(us) (past participle of parere to bring forth, bear) + -uri- desiderative suffix + -ent- -ent
- 1585–95
par•tu′ri•en•cy, n. |