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nounthe state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
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nounthe period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
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type of: -
nounthe conception and development of an idea or plantype of:
Parts of gestation
- "cleavage"
- "labor"
- "labour"
- "lying-in"
- "confinement"
- "morning sickness"
- "parturiency"
- "childbed"
- "quickening"
- "segmentation"
- "travail"
- "midterm"
- "trimester"
- "full term"
- "term"