gestation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
The process of development of a plan or idea.

jĕstāshən /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-gestation.wav

gestation gestations

Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

pregnancy

gestational gestation period midgestation multigestation pregestation uterogestation

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