Meaning of LIGHTENING
| Pronunciation: | | 'lItning
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- [n] changing to a lighter color
- [n] descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
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LIGHTENING is a 10 letter word that starts with L. |
| | Synonyms: | | whitening |
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| | See Also: | | bleach, change of color, descent | |
| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Term used to define when the baby and uterus drops down into the pelvis (usually two to three weeks before birth). |
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| | Related Terms: | | abatement, achromatization, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, assuagement, blanching, bleach, bleaching, blunting, brightening, calming, damping, deadening, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing, demulsion, diminution, disburdening, discoloration, disembarrassment, disencumbering, disencumberment, disencumbrance, dulcification, dulling, easement, easing, enlightening, etiolation, fading, falling-off, hushing, illuminating, illumining, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lighting, loosening, lulling, madder bleach, market bleach, mitigation, modulation, mollification, pacification, paling, palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, relieving, remission, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, tempering, tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing, unweighting, whitening |
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