Parturition

Introduction: Parturition

Description of Parturition

Parturition: Medical name for giving birth.

Parturition: Avoid the misspelling/mispronunciation partuition. SYN: childbirth. [L. parturitio, fr. parturio, to be in labor]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Parturition: The process of giving birth to one or more offspring.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Parturition:

Terms Similar to Parturition:

• Birth
• Childbirth

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Parturition:

• Home Childbirth
• Natural Childbirth
• Term Birth

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Parturition

• Pregnancy

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Parturition

• birth

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Parturition

The following list attempts to classify Parturition into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Reproductive and Urinary Physiology
  • Reproduction
    • Pregnancy
      • Parturition

Interesting Medical Articles:

• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Research Your Symptoms
• Diseases & Medical Conditions
• Medical Diagnosis
• [Full list of premium articles on symptoms, diseases, and diagnosis]

Medical dictionaries:

• Medical dictionary,
• Medical Acronymns/Abbreviations

More Medical Dictionary Topics

Streptosepticemia

Find out more

Search to find out more about Parturition:

powered by Search the Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

 » Next page: Parturition-mediating factor

Rate This Website

What do you think about the features of this website? Take our user survey and have your say:

Website User Survey

Medical Tools & Articles:

Tools & Services:

• Bookmark this page
• Symptom Search
• Symptom Checker
• Medical Dictionary
• Give your feedback

Medical Articles:

• Disease & Treatments Search
• Misdiagnosis Center
• Full list of interesting articles

Forums & Message Boards

• Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
• I cannot get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for my condition?
• See all the Boards.

Enter your search terms Submit search form
Search The Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

Common Health Mistakes

Symptom
Checker

Search Specialists by State and City