English > maternity: 3 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. |
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| Synonyms | pregnancy, gestation |
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| Category of | amniocentesis, amnio | (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 |
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| endometrium | (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus |
| fetal movement, foetal movement | motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) |
| phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis | thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein |
| stretch mark | A narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) |
| Parts | cleavage, segmentation | (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum |
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| morning sickness | nausea early in the day |
| parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy |
| quickening | The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus |
| Narrower | ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, eccyesis, metacyesis | pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus |
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| entopic pregnancy | pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus |
| gravida | The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in |
| gravidity, gravidness, gravidation | Technical terms for pregnancy |
| parity, para | (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered |
| placenta previa | pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part) |
| trouble | An unwanted pregnancy |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
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| Spanish | embarazo, gestación, gravidez, preñado, preñez |
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| Catalan | embaràs, gestació, prenyat |
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