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for parturition
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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) 3.0 (2006) :
parturition
n 1: the process of giving birth [syn: parturition, birth,
giving birth, birthing]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
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