parturient
adjective
[ pɑːˈtjʊərɪənt ]
• (of a woman or female mammal) about to give birth; in labour.
• "hospitalized parturient women"
parturient
noun
• a parturient woman.
• "anaesthesia for the parturient"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin parturient- ‘being in labour’, from the verb parturire, inceptive of parere ‘bring forth’.
