parturition
English
Etymology
From Latin parturitio (“parturition”), from parturire, from parere (“to give birth”).
Noun
parturition (plural parturitions)
- The act of giving birth; childbirth.
- ...cancrenous females emaciated by parturition. -- James Joyce.
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Translations
act of giving birth
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