par|tu|ri|fa|cient

par|tu|ri|fa|cient
par|tu|ri|fa|cient «pahr TUR uh FAY shuhnt, -TYUR-», noun, adjective.
–n.
something that hastens childbirth.
–adj.
hastening childbirth.
[< Latin parturīre be in labor + faciēns, -entis, present participle of facere to make, do]

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