pregnancy (redirected from pregnancies)

preg·nan·cy  (prgnn-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.

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pregnancy  (prgnn-s)

1. The condition of carrying developing offspring within the body.

2. The time period during which this condition exists; gestation.

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Pregnancy

See also abortion; birth; children; mother; parents; sex.

cyesiology

Obsolete, the part of medical science that studies pregnancy.

cyesis

Medicine. the condition of pregnancy.

eccyesis

a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.

embryography

the scientific description of the fetus. — embryographic, adj.

fetology, foetology

the branch of medicine that studies fetuses. — fetologist, foetologist, n.

gravidity

the state or condition of pregnancy. — gravidness, n. — gravid, adj.

obstetrics

the medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.

pregnancy

the state, condition, or quality of being with child. — pregnant, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pregnancy - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus maternity, gestation fetal 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" gravidation, gravidity, gravidness - technical terms for pregnancy 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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pregnancy

noun gestation, gravidity >> adjectives antenatal, postnatal, maternity

Translations

pregnancy [ˈprɛgnənsɪ] n → embarazo

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pregnancy [ˈprɛgnənsɪ] n → grossesse f

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pregnancy [ˈprɛgnənsɪ] n [of woman] → Schwangerschaft f [of female animal] → Trächtigkeit f

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pregnancy [ˈprɛgnənsɪ] n → gravidanza