as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body
the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days
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She was born early, at just 24 weeks gestation, weighing less than 2 pounds.
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Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
Gestational hypertension is high blood pressure that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation in people who did not have it before pregnancy.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
By the beginning of the ninth week of pregnancy, the normal fetal heart rate is an average of 170 bpm, up from about 110 at 5 weeks gestation.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
In 2021, the state had passed a law known as S.B. 8, banning nearly all abortions after electrical activity is detected in fetal cells, which typically happens around the sixth week of gestation.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Kate Wells, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
Gestational hypertension is high blood pressure that occurs after 20 weeks of gestation in people who did not have it before pregnancy.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
By the beginning of the ninth week of pregnancy, the normal fetal heart rate is an average of 170 bpm, up from about 110 at 5 weeks gestation.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
In 2021, the state had passed a law known as S.B. 8, banning nearly all abortions after electrical activity is detected in fetal cells, which typically happens around the sixth week of gestation.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Gestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestation. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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