Meaning of GESTATION
| Pronunciation: | | je'steyshun
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- [n] the conception and development of an idea or plan
- [n] the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- [n] the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
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| | Synonyms: | | gestation period, pregnancy |
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| | See Also: | | biological time, childbed, cleavage, confinement, construction, eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, full term, gravida, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, labor, labour, lying-in, mental synthesis, metacyesis, midterm, morning sickness, para, parity, parturiency, physiological condition, physiological state, placenta previa, quickening, segmentation, term, travail, trimester, trouble | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ges*ta"tion\, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying,
fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to
bear: cf. F. gestation. See {Gest} deed, {Jest}.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to
delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on
horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his
own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison.
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| | Definition: | | The period of time from conception to birth; the length of pregnancy. |
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| | Definition: | | The condition, process, or period of time of carrying and maintaining one or more young within the uterus (womb) until it is ready to be born. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | the period of time from conception to birth |
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