Definition of parturiency Parturiency

par•tu•ri•en•cy

We found 4 definitions of parturiency from 4 different sources.

What does parturiency mean?

Noun Plural: parturiencies
parturiency - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
		labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
		birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth the process of giving birth
		pregnancy, gestation, maternity the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
		uterine contraction a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
		effacement withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
		premature labor, premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation