gestational en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin gestāre Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gestātiōlbor. English gestation English -al English gestational From gestation + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to gestation.
gestational diabetes
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(not-comparable) Of a person or animal: pregnant
"When crisis pregnancy pregnancy centers talk to gestational people about choice, that's torture!"
2022 July 14, Al Goodwyn, “Editorial Cartoon”, in North Side Sun:Gestational mice were taken from the cage and divided into six groups by the draw lots method.
1988, Chinese Medical Journal:
Deriveds
gestational sac · midgestational · pseudogestational · multigestational · pregestational · gestational diabetes · progestational · gestationally · perigestational · nongestational