Pregnancy

  • 11pregnancy — n. 1) to terminate a pregnancy 2) an ectopic; false; full term; normal pregnancy * * * [ pregnənsɪ] false full term normal pregnancy an ectopic to terminate a pregnancy …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12pregnancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reproduction, fertilization, gestation, gravidity, propagation, parturiency, germination, fecundation, productivity, fertility. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. gestation, fertilization, incubation, *the family way,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 13pregnancy */*/ — UK [ˈpreɡnənsɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pregnancy : singular pregnancy plural pregnancies the condition of being pregnant, or the period of time that a woman is pregnant the escalating rate of teenage pregnancies her third… …

    English dictionary

  • 14pregnancy — preg|nan|cy [ˈpregnənsi] n plural pregnancies [U and C] when a woman is pregnant (=has a baby growing inside her body) ▪ This drug should not be taken during pregnancy. ▪ her third pregnancy ▪ teenage pregnancies ▪ a pregnancy test …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15pregnancy —   Hapaina, kauhua. See saying, hakē.    ♦ Pregnancy sickness, ho okauhua, ma i keiki, īloli, ho īloli.    ♦ Pregnancy craving, ho okauhua.    ♦ To cause pregnancy, ho ohāpai …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 16pregnancy — preg|nan|cy [ pregnənsi ] noun count or uncount ** the condition of being pregnant, or the period of time a woman is pregnant: the escalating rate of teenage pregnancies her third pregnancy Condoms don t always protect against pregnancy and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17pregnancy — [[t]pre̱gnənsi[/t]] ♦♦♦ pregnancies N VAR Pregnancy is the condition of being pregnant or the period of time during which a female is pregnant. It would be wiser to cut out all alcohol during pregnancy... She was exhausted by eight pregnancies in …

    English dictionary

  • 18pregnancy — noun (C, U) the condition of being pregnant or the period of time when a woman is pregnant: This drug should not be taken during pregnancy. | her third pregnancy | teenage pregnancies …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19pregnancy —    The folklore of pregnancy, like that of childbirth, is inadequately recorded in England. The process was jokingly compared with baking bread; a pregnant woman is still said to have a bun in the oven , and a mentally impaired child to be half… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 20pregnancy — The condition resulting from the fertilized ovum. The existence of the condition beginning at the moment of conception and terminating with delivery of the child. Extra uterine or ectopic pregnancy is the development of the ovum outside of the… …

    Black's law dictionary