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gestation period

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Noun1.gestation periodgestation period - the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
gestation
biological time - the time of various biological processes
full term, term - the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
midterm - the middle of the gestation period
trimester - a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided


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Actors go through this gestation period where it's like giving birth after nine months, and then they get nothing but critics tearing them down.
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