parturient

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Adjective
  • Funds will power more enterprise partnerships and fee-for-service Medicaid contracts and an expansion of product offerings to include STI home tests, PrEP and prenatal consults.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Folate and prenatal vitamins Folate, which is found in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and beef liver, is crucial for cell function and DNA production.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • There was a couple in that car: a man in his early 20s and his pregnant girlfriend in the passenger seat, police told KPRC.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Listen to this article A Northwest Side man facing a felony charge in connection with the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend was released from custody Saturday but ordered to turn in any guns to Chicago police, according to court records.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
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, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Similar to baby showers, nesting parties bring friends together to celebrate an expectant parent with community and food.
    Lia Picard, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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