Gestation

Word GESTATION
Character 9
Hyphenation ges ta tion
Pronunciations /dʒesˈteɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Gestation"

What do we mean by gestation?

The period of development in the uterus from conception until birth; pregnancy. noun

The conception and development of a plan or an idea in the mind. noun

A bearing or carrying; exercise by being carried. noun

The act or condition of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. noun

The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). noun

The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. noun

Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. noun

The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born. noun

The process of development of a plan or idea. noun

The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) noun

The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus noun

The conception and development of an idea or plan noun

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

The process of development of a plan or idea.

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The word "gestation" in example sentences

This blog posting does not only link both to Frank's article in the Philadelphia Inquirer and to the comments facility the paper has set up, but also lists/links to all the previous Books, Inq. postings leading up to the article, so the gestation is archived in one place for any interested reader to track. ❋ Maxine (2009)

MCCREADY: Well, during the first one the baby was still in I guess what they call gestation, so the doctor described it as it being an all or nothing effect that if the suicide attempt did have any effect on the child I would have lost the baby but I didn't. ❋ Unknown (2005)

An 18-year-old African-American couple was referred for their first pregnancy at 19 weeks gestational age for a monochorionic, diamniotic twin gestation complicated by severe Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lesions with associated hydrops that are diagnosed late in gestation may benefit from resection using an Ex Utero Intrapartum Therapy (EXIT) approach. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was a 24-year-old mother with two prior children who was referred at 17 1/2 weeks gestation because of a monochorionic, diamniotic twin gestation complicated by TRAP sequence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This edition of Frankenstein, in gestation for over fifteen years, provides the texts of both the ❋ Unknown (2010)

This edition has been in gestation for some fifteen years, which in terms of electronic editions encompasses what in book production might be likened to several centuries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's not like boar gestation is more rapid than the time it takes to load and aim a gun. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The horrendous thought of a baby being aborted (and killed) for being "inconvenient" at a point in gestation when actually available medical intervention could save that baby for parents who really want it is something our society should definitely take a closer, more ethical look at. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With doctors struggling mightily to give one woman's premature infant a fighting chance at 24 weeks of gestation, is it right to allow another woman to abort her fetus at 23 weeks? ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's a shame that after so long in gestation, we'll never see it - at least, likely not with Morgan Freeman. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Some of these blogs have been in gestation for a few days. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Does anybody know the magic words to say to a daughter in-utero who, exactly like her big sister did, decided that 37 weeks and 2 days gestation is the perfect time to go all transverse on me? ❋ Unknown (2007)

I have three books published under my own name and another one in gestation (but please can we not talk about it right now because the nearness – okay, the pastness – of the deadline makes me cry). ❋ Unknown (2006)

I can tell you for sure that RSS could have used some resources while it was in gestation, while Doerr & Co were feasting on the meal that TBL prepared for them. ❋ Unknown (2006)

SUPPOSE THE NUMBER OF MONTHS REQUIRED FOR THE full-term gestation of a human infant were a prime number -- say, 11. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"We [also] found that the length of gestation is shortened by about 2.5 days even in term births," said lead researcher Dr. Emily Oken, an assistant professor of population medicine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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