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GESTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The conception and development of an idea or plan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gestation" is a kind of...):
construction; mental synthesis (the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought)
Derivation:
gestate (have the idea for)
gestational (of or relating to gestation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Synonyms:
gestation; maternity; pregnancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gestation" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Meronyms (parts of "gestation"):
cleavage; segmentation ((embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum)
quickening (the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus)
childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
morning sickness (nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy)
Domain member category:
endometrium ((pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition)
stretch mark (a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy))
amnio; amniocentesis ((pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities)
fetal movement; foetal movement (motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy))
phlebothrombosis; venous thrombosis (thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gestation"):
trouble (an unwanted pregnancy)
gravidation; gravidity; gravidness (technical terms for pregnancy)
gravida (the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in)
para; parity ((obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered)
eccyesis; ectopic gestation; ectopic pregnancy; extrauterine gestation; extrauterine pregnancy; metacyesis (pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus)
entopic pregnancy (pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus)
placenta previa (pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary)
Derivation:
gestate (be pregnant with)
gestational (of or relating to gestation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
Synonyms:
gestation; gestation period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("gestation" is a kind of...):
biological time (the time of various biological processes)
Meronyms (parts of "gestation"):
full term; term (the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent)
midterm (the middle of the gestation period)
trimester (a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided)
Derivation:
gestate (be pregnant with)
gestational (of or relating to gestation)
Context examples:
Pregnancy loss at 6 weeks, 0 days to 9 weeks, 6 days of gestation of an embryo with crown-rump length less than 10 mm and no cardiac activity visible on ultrasonogram.
(Embryonic Loss, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in both steroid production and gestation.
(CGB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The objective was to evaluate changes in vitamin D in the blood over four weeks in two groups of premature infants born between 24 to 32 weeks gestation.
(Higher Dose of Vitamin D Increases Bone Density in Premature Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Don’t’ be sad, however, for now in the second gestation of the cycle, all that you did in the past 12 months will begin to grow and bring your harvest.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Fine downy hair that covers the body of a human fetus beginning in the fifth month of gestation; it is usually shed by the ninth month of gestation.
(Lanugo, NCI Thesaurus)
Activin receptor-like kinase 3 (ALK3) is specifically required at mid-gestation for normal development of the trabeculae, compact myocardium, interventricular septum, and endocardial cushion.
(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A gestation with more than one fertilized egg implanted as a viable fetus in the uterus.
(Multiple Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)
Pregnancy loss before 5th week of gestation with no gestational sac visible on ultrasonogram.
(Peri-Implantational Loss, NCI Thesaurus)
The mice were exposed during gestation, between 10 days after fertilization and birth, which corresponds to the middle of the first trimester and birth in humans.
(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)
Fetal death greater than or equal to 20 weeks of gestation during labor and Apgar scores of 0 at 1 minute, 5 minutes and beyond.
(Intrapartum Stillbirth, NCI Thesaurus)
