pregnancy
Americannoun
plural
pregnanciesnoun
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the state or condition of being pregnant
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the period from conception to childbirth
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The condition of carrying developing offspring within the body.
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The time period during which this condition exists; gestation.
Other Word Forms
- postpregnancy adjective
Etymology
Origin of pregnancy
First recorded in 1520–30; pregn(ant) 1 + -ancy
Example Sentences
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After years of progress, fewer pregnant Americans are getting prenatal care in the first weeks of pregnancy — or getting access to care at all.
From Salon
These questions also have implications for debates around when it’s ethical to terminate a pregnancy or the life of a person who is seemingly nonresponsive.
From Los Angeles Times
When the scientists applied this more comprehensive measurement, they did not find differences in exposure between babies born to first time mothers and those born to mothers who had previous pregnancies.
From Science Daily
Pregnancy dating is almost always an estimate, yet it determines the type of care women receive as pregnancies progress.
From Science Daily
But the couple said they could never have predicted what would happen after two days in Nashville when Issy developed pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening complication that can affect women in the second half of pregnancy.
From BBC
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