Synonyms for pregnancy
ˈprɛg nən sipreg·nan·cy

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1. pregnancynoun

   Synonyms:
   gestation, gravidity

2. pregnancynoun

   The condition of being pregnant.

   Synonyms:
   gestation, gravidity

3. pregnancynoun

   The period of time this condition prevails.

   Synonyms:
   gravidity, gestation

4. pregnancynoun

   The progression of stages from conception to birth.

   Synonyms:
   gravidity, gestation

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1. pregnancy, gestation, maternitynoun

   the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

   Synonyms:
   maternal quality, maternity, motherliness, motherhood, gestation period, maternalism, gestation

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1. List of paraphrases for "pregnancy":

   pregnancies, gestation, pregnant, childbearing, maternity, pre-delivery, child-bearing, contraception, gestational, conception

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pregnancy

   Synonyms:
   Expecting, expecting a visit from the stork, gravid, in a family way, knocked up, a little stranger is coming, swallowed a watermelon seed, in trouble, with child

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1. Teresa Rayon:

   This work adds to the 'in vitro toolkit' that scientists can now use to study the most unknown stages of human pregnancy – between weeks 2 and 4, where women wouldn't normally know if they are pregnant.

2. Barbara Ehrenreich:

   If men were equally at risk from this condition -- if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains -- then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies.

3. Meghan Markle:

   I'd seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy was 'I feel the embryonic kicking of feminism,' i love that. So boy or girl or whatever it is, we hope that that's the case, with our little bump.

4. Christina Gorsuch:

   Most forms of contraception, in hippos or humans, is not 100 % reliable, the dose that was previously effective for Bibi did not prevent pregnancy this time.

5. Foods Pregnant Women:

   Plus, things like stress can throw off ovulation, so even if you think you are scheduling everything out to the T, your body could naturally be delayed a little bit, if you have sex and take a pregnancy test a few days later, it can still come back negative. That doesn’t mean the test is not accurate or you’re not pregnant, it could mean that you’re doing it too early.