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Gestation

Gestation Meaning & Definition
Gestation Definition And Meaning

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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