gravidity

gravidity
noun see gravid

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • gravidity — noun pregnancy See Also: gravid …   Wiktionary

  • gravidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: gestation, gravidness, par turiency, pregnancy. See REPRODUCTION …   English dictionary for students

  • gravidity — n. pregnancy …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Glossary of terms associated with gravidity — In medicine, gravidity refers to the number of times a woman has been pregnant,[1] regardless of whether the pregnancies were interrupted (by abortion, or fetal death) or resulted in a live birth. In biology, the term gravid is used to describe… …   Wikipedia

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