as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children
parturition can sometimes proceed more quickly than anticipated
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The process of parturition can be considered as equivalent to cosmonaut's/astronaut's transition from microgravitation back to Earth gravitation (G=1) during landing.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013
Few women can relate to platformed parturition, but most understand Ms. Haart’s quest for comfort.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2021
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
Their physical needs were considered to be concerned only with conception and parturition.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
The modesty costumes worn by the women of Gilead are derived from Western religious iconography — the Wives wear the blue of purity, from the Virgin Mary; the Handmaids wear red, from the blood of parturition, but also from Mary Magdalene.
—Margaret Atwood, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The process of parturition can be considered as equivalent to cosmonaut's/astronaut's transition from microgravitation back to Earth gravitation (G=1) during landing.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2013
Few women can relate to platformed parturition, but most understand Ms. Haart’s quest for comfort.
—Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2021
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
Their physical needs were considered to be concerned only with conception and parturition.
—Longreads, 8 May 2018
The modesty costumes worn by the women of Gilead are derived from Western religious iconography — the Wives wear the blue of purity, from the Virgin Mary; the Handmaids wear red, from the blood of parturition, but also from Mary Magdalene.
—Margaret Atwood, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
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“Parturition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturition. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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