Definition of Parturiency

Noun: parturiency  paar'tûr-ee-un(t)-see [N. Amer], paa'tyûr-ee-un(t)-see [Brit]

1. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
   "she was in parturiency for six hours";
   - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed [archaic]

See also:
parttime
parturient