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Pregnancy

The condition of being pregnant.

📖 Definitions of "Pregnancy"

noun

1
The condition of being pregnant.
2
The period of time this condition prevails.
3
The progression of stages from conception to birth.

🔄 Synonyms of "Pregnancy"

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Word	Definition
gestationnoun	The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pregnancy"

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Word	Definition
gestationnoun	The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
pregnantnoun	(chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
childbearingnoun	The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
birthnoun	(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
conceptionnoun	The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
childbirthnoun	The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.
unbornnoun	(countable) A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.
gestational	Of a person or animal: pregnant
child-bearingnoun	Alternative spelling of childbearing. [The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.]
cyesisnoun	(medicine, rare) Pregnancy.
foetusnoun	(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of fetus. [An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.]
contraceptivenoun	A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
contraceptionnoun	The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.
impregnationnoun	The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
fetal	(embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
fetusnoun	A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
fertilitynoun	(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
wombnoun	(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
fertilizationnoun	The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
placentanoun	(anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.