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UK
/dʒɛstˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /dʒɛˈsteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /dʒɛˈsteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the conception and development of an idea or plan
- the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
How To Use gestation In A Sentence
- The gestation period from first inquiry to first completed shipment is rarely less than a couple of years.
- I find that the association between gestational diabetes and perinatal death or morbidity was recognized in 1983.
- In Norway, all births with a gestational age of 16 completed weeks or more must be registered with the medical birth registry of Norway.
- Only four of the 20 women who were anemic at 26 to 28 weeks of gestation were still anemic at term.
- The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.
- Keepers said Asian elephants have the longest gestation period - at 22 months - of any animal in the world.
- Infant factors available for analysis were presentation, multiple birth, gestational age, birth weight, birthweight percentile, and Apgar score at five minutes.
- Those with a history of multiple gestations, ruptured membranes, history of cervical cerclage, signs of preterm labor or serious medical problems were excluded.
- Gestational diabetes recurs in about 50 percent of women who had the problem in a previous pregnancy.
- Women with preterm delivery and pregnancies complicated by hemoglobinopathies, hypertension, or multiple gestation were excluded.
