pregnancy

 pregnancy on Wikipedia

From pregnant +‎ -cy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/

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pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
   • 2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.

   • 2015 October 23, “Periconception Maternal Folate Status and Human Embryonic Cerebellum Growth Trajectories: The Rotterdam Predict Study”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).

2. The period of time this condition prevails.
3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

• gestation
• gravidation (obsolete)
• gravidity
• pregnation (obsolete)

• with child

• pregnant