parturition

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This expression pattern suggests a role for these pastn genes in brood pouch development and/or hatching of embryos within the brood pouch prior to parturition.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

Syngnathids are also unique among vertebrates due to their ‘male pregnancy’, whereby males nourish developing embryos in a brood pouch until hatching and parturition occurs2, 3.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

We cannot ignore the troublesome evidence of history, which suggests that, over time, ghastly adjoinages can become so embedded in the language that we forget the ugly process of their parturition.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2013

This vision of parturition as a form of demonic torture co-exists, bizarrely enough, with an abortion debate waged by the undead.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011

The womb will occasionally become protruded and inverted, in consequence of the forcing pains of difficult parturition, and even the bladder has been known to come away.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert