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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
Definition that contains pregnancy
- friedman test pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant
- eccyesis pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- extrauterine pregnancy pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- rabbit test pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant
- ectopic gestation pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- metacyesis pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- ectopic pregnancy pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- entopic pregnancy pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus
- placenta previa pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
- extrauterine gestation pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus