Gestation (Noun)
Meaning 1
The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans).
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The doctor explained to the expectant mother that the gestation period for humans is approximately 266 days.
- The couple had been trying to conceive for months, and finally, after a long and anxious wait, they were entering the gestation period.
- The length of gestation varies among different species, with some animals having a much shorter or longer period than humans.
- The researchers studied the development of the fetus during the gestation period to gain a better understanding of prenatal development.
- After a gestation period of almost nine months, the mother finally gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
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Meaning 2
The conception and development of an idea or plan.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
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- Entopic Pregnancy
- Placenta Previa
- Gravidation
- Trouble
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Ectopic Gestation
- Parity
- Eccyesis
- Gravida
- Metacyesis
- Gravidity
- Extrauterine Gestation