English noun: gestation |
| 1. | gestation (time) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) |
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| Synonyms | gestation period |
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| Broader (hypernym) | biological time |
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| Part holonym | full term, midterm, term, trimester |
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| 2. | gestation (state) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |
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| Synonyms | maternity, pregnancy |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, gravida, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, metacyesis, para, parity, placenta previa, trouble |
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| Part holonym | childbed, cleavage, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, morning sickness, parturiency, quickening, segmentation, travail |
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| Domain category members | amnio, amniocentesis, endometrium, fetal movement, foetal movement, phlebothrombosis, stretch mark, venous thrombosis |
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| 3. | gestation (cognition) the conception and development of an idea or plan |
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| Broader (hypernym) | construction, mental synthesis |
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