noun
Meaning 1
Parturition
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
parturiency
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noun
Meaning 2
Gestation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A process or quality that brings forth something new.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A phase in the therapeutic process in which feelings dominate over understanding, in which the client seems to relive emotions and to lack clarity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: humanistic psychology
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noun
Meaning 5
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was in labor for six hours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
Narrower terms: premature labor, premature labour
History
Etymology
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