Definition of "parturient"

parturient

adjective
comparative more parturient, superlative most parturient
1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.
  Quotations
  In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.
  1905, William George Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 47
  This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery.
  1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98
2. (by extension) About to create a new product, or float a new idea.
3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.
4. (of a substance) Facilitating labour.
noun
plural parturients
1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth.
2. A substance that facilitates labour.