pregnancy

pregnancy
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, parturiency.
WORD FIND
• abortion, spontaneous: miscarriage
• before labor: antepartum
• blood discharge before labor: bloody show
• brown patches on pregnant woman’s skin: *mask of pregnancy, chloasma
• dark line on pregnant woman’s belly: linea nigra
• embryo, earliest form of: blastocyst
• false pregnancy: pseudocyesis
• fetal movement, mother’s first perception of: quickening
• fluid: amniotic fluid
• fluid secreted from breast prior to birth: colostrum
• fluid withdrawal from uterus, test: amniocentesis
• genetic test sampling of placenta: chorionic villus sampling
• implantation of fertilized eggs, mechanical: in vitro fertilization
• nausea: morning sickness
• optical examination of fetus through scope: fetoscopy
• organ providing nutrients and oxygen to fetus from mother: placenta
• premature birth, abnormality leading to: incompetent cervix
• semen, artificial deposit of: artificial insemination
• sympathetic pregnancy symptoms of father: couvade
• three-month division: trimester
• ultrasound picture of fetus: sonogram
• uterus, development of egg outside of: ectopic pregnancy
see baby, birth
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The condition of carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: gestation, gravidity, gravidness, parturiency. See REPRODUCTION.

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