pregnancy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)
- (countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
- 2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian:
- News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.
- The period of time this condition prevails.
- (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
Synonyms
- gestation
- gravidation (obsolete)
- gravidity
- pregnation (obsolete)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- anembryonic pregnancy
- biochemical pregnancy
- chemical pregnancy
- denial of pregnancy
- ectopic pregnancy
- false pregnancy
- mask of pregnancy
- phantom pregnancy
- pregnancy brain
- pregnancy loss
- pregnancy school
- pregnancy sickness
- pregnancy test
- pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy
- puppy pregnancy syndrome
- toxemia of pregnancy
Related terms
Translations
condition
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period of time
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progression from conception to birth
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