Parturient vs Pregnancy - What's the difference?
parturient | pregnancy |
In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
(by extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
Of, related to, or caused by childbirth
(of a substance) Facilitating labour.
One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
A substance that facilitates labour.
(countable) The condition of being pregnant.
* 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]
The period of time this condition prevails.
(uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
As nouns the difference between parturient and pregnancy
is that parturient is one who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth while pregnancy is (countable) the condition of being pregnant.As an adjective parturient
is in labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.parturient
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (relating to childbirth) parturious (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "parturient") ----pregnancy
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Noun
(pregnancies) (wikipedia pregnancy)- News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.