Meaning of PREGNANCY
| Pronunciation: | | 'pregnunsee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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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| | Synonyms: | | gestation |
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| | See Also: | | childbed, cleavage, confinement, eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, gravida, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, labor, labour, lying-in, metacyesis, morning sickness, para, parity, parturiency, physiological condition, physiological state, placenta previa, quickening, segmentation, travail, trouble | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Pregnancy
Explains the many issues surrounding pregnancy, including conception and delivery, and discusses abortion and different types of contraception. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Preg"nan*cy\, n.
1. The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with
young.
2. Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important
contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence
or capacity; fertility. --Fuller.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This is the condition of having an embryo or fetus developing in the uterus. |
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