What is "gestation" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does gestation mean in English? Meaning of gestation definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "gestation" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "gestation": the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

Noun

  • Meaning: the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
  • Synonyms: gestation gestation period
  • Hypernyms: biological time
  • Part Holonyms: full term midterm term trimester
  • Meaning of "gestation": the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

    Noun

  • Meaning: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
  • Synonyms: gestation maternity pregnancy
  • Hyponyms: eccyesis ectopic gestation ectopic pregnancy entopic pregnancy extrauterine gestation extrauterine pregnancy gravida gravidation gravidity gravidness metacyesis para parity placenta previa trouble
  • Hypernyms: physical condition physiological condition physiological state
  • Part Holonyms: childbed cleavage confinement labor labour lying-in morning sickness parturiency quickening segmentation travail
  • Meaning of "gestation": the conception and development of an idea or plan

    Noun

  • Meaning: the conception and development of an idea or plan
  • Synonyms: gestation
  • Hypernyms: construction mental synthesis
  • Synonyms:

    evolution, gravidity, growth, reproduction, pregnancy, maturation, ripening, incubation, fecundation,

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    gestation in English: gestation
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