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Definitions of gestation
  1. noun
    the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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  2. noun
    the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

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  3. noun
    the conception and development of an idea or plan
Definition that contains gestation
  • term the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
  • premature born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
  • midterm the middle of the gestation period
  • prematurely (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
  • gestational of or relating to gestation
  • preemie an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
  • lanugo the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
  • premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
  • metacyesis pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
  • extrauterine gestation pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
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