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gestate

Pronunciation:  'jesteyt

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Matching Terms:  gestation, gestation period, gestation sac, gestational, gestational age, gestational diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational trophoblastic disease, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, gestational trophoblastic tumor, gestatory

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
  2. [v]  have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
 
 Synonyms: bear, carry, conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, expect
 
 See Also: conceive, create by mental act, create mentally, design, discover, find, preconceive

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: To carry and maintain one or more young within the uterus from the time they are zygotes until they are ready to be born.
 
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 Related Terms: author, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, brood, carry, carry young, cause, conceive, cover, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender, establish, father, found, generate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, incubate, institute, make, occasion, originate, produce, realize, set, set afloat, set on foot, set up, sire, sit, work
 

 

 

 

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