Synonym: gestation period, maternity, pregnancy. Similar words: nation-state, prestidigitation, suggestion, agitation, annotation, denotation, limitation, connotation. Meaning: [dʒes'teɪʃn] 
n. 1. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) 2. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus 3. the conception and development of an idea or plan.
n. 1. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) 2. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus 3. the conception and development of an idea or plan. 
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(31) It seems that the nine-month gestation period has a psychological as well as a physical reality in human life.
(32) Bodily proportions at birth suggest that the growth reduction began early in gestation.
(33) This study does, however, give an insight into the influences which reduce fetal growth and their timing in gestation.
(34) The association between length of gestation and respiratory illness was greatest for symptoms of wheeze most days.
(35) A detailed study of the gestation and birth of a new specialism reveals a different story.
(36) I encourage women to have induction at 43 weeks' gestation because of the slightly increased risk to the baby thereafter.
(37) We are talking about the brain tissue of an aborted foetus whose gestation period has to be between 10 and 11 weeks.
(38) Because of the long gestation and lactation periods,(www.Sentencedict.com) the interval between calving is usually at least two or three years.
(39) As work continues to reduce the gestation period at which screening tests can be conducted, the practical problems will decrease.
(40) A single foal is born after a gestation period of a year.
(41) This short gestation means that, like the kittens of a domestic cat, the cubs are born blind and helpless.
(42) Bergsjo etal suggested 43 weeks' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure.
(43) Intrinsic factor and hydrogen-potassium ATPase activity were found in all specimens, including those of 13 and 15 weeks' gestation.
(44) For children with normal length of gestation there was a positive association between birth weight and lung function.
(45) To get to the pay review body involved an interesting and long gestation period by Ministers.
(46) The gestation period from first inquiry to first completed shipment is rarely less than a couple of years.
(47) We have demonstrated the feasibility of coelocentesis and its potential for prenatal diagnosis before 10 weeks' gestation.
(48) Other cloned animals grow huge, and often sickly, during their gestation.
(49) Some were so tiny, having been born at under 30 weeks gestation and spent several months in incubators.
(50) Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
(51) Are amounts few menses gestation rate high?
(52) How calculates best the gestation period?
(53) Results 19 patients went through gestation period syccessfully.
(54) Fig. 6. Large porencephalic cyst at 31 weeks of gestation as a result of a car accident at 16 weeks.
(55) Hypophysectomy before implantation terminates pregnancy and after the 44 th day of gestation causes abortion in goat.
(56) Objective Decrease mothers andchildrens complications and death rate whose glucose metabolism is anomalous during gestation period.
(57) Objective:Sum up the various surgical operation skills of oviduct gestation which were cured by peritoneoscope.
(58) Objective:To study the application value and safety of autohemotransfusion for women with ectopic gestation.
(59) Take for example a lady who is irregularly contracting at 32 weeks gestation.
(60) Causal factors of macrosomia include maternal diabetes, postdates gestation, and obesity.
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