preg·nan·cy (pr g n n-s )n. pl. preg·nan·cies 1. a. The condition of being pregnant: a test for pregnancy. b. An instance of being pregnant: Her second pregnancy was easy. c. The period during which one is pregnant: the first trimester of pregnancy. 2. The quality or condition of being rich in significance, import, or implication. 3. Creativity; inventiveness. |
| pregnancy (prgnn-s) 1. The condition of carrying developing offspring within the body. 2. The time period during which this condition exists; gestation. |
Pregnancy
Obsolete, the part of medical science that studies pregnancy.
Medicine. the condition of pregnancy.
a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.
the scientific description of the fetus. — embryographic, adj.
the branch of medicine that studies fetuses. — fetologist, foetologist, n.
the state or condition of pregnancy. — gravidness, n. — gravid, adj.
the medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.
the state, condition, or quality of being with child. — pregnant, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterusfetal movement, foetal movement - motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) amnio, amniocentesis - (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities stretch mark - a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) endometrium - (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition segmentation, cleavage - (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions trouble - an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" gravida - the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in; "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three" para, parity - (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis - pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus entopic pregnancy - pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus quickening - the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus childbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" placenta previa - pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis - thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood morning sickness - nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy |
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