About The Word Gestation
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Gestation
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What's The Definition Of Gestation?
[n] the conception and development of an idea or plan
[n] the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus [n] the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) Synonyms | Synonyms for Gestation: gestation period | pregnancy Related Terms | Find terms related to Gestation: See Also | biological time | childbed | cleavage | confinement | construction | eccyesis | ectopic gestation | ectopic pregnancy | entopic pregnancy | extrauterine gestation | extrauterine pregnancy | full term | gravida | gravidation | gravidity | gravidness | labor | labour | lying-in | mental synthesis | metacyesis | midterm | morning sickness | para | parity | parturiency | physiological condition | physiological state | placenta previa | quickening | segmentation | term | travail | trimester | trouble Gestation In Webster's Dictionary \Ges*ta"tion\, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying,
fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to
bear: cf. F. gestation. See {Gest} deed, {Jest}.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to
delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on
horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his
own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison.
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