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parturition meaning

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    Definition of parturition in English Dictionary

  • NounPLparturitionsPREpar-SUF-tion
    1. The act of giving birth; childbirth.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Gubernick, Sengelaub, and Kurz (1993) reported that mPOA neuron somal size increased in females following pregnancy, parturition and the initiation of maternal behavior.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      1. en parturitions
      2. en parturitional
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of parturition for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "parturition" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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