gestation
孕期,酝酿,妊娠期,孕育
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- : the process, state, or period of gestating.
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Sweden and Norway have eliminated the use of gestation crates, and Germany will phase them out by 2028.
The number, which includes only deaths that occurred past 20 weeks of gestation, “is twice the background rate of what would be expected,” he said.
The sixth week of gestation is so early in a pregnancy that many people aren’t even aware they are pregnant.
Putting the timeline into context, it’s about 20 percent of a monkey’s gestation period.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines as extremely preterm babies born before 28 weeks of gestation, the definition we employed.
She had supported Stern when his own career had first been in gestation and then later in free-fall.
He specifically defends the use of “gestation crates”— tiny pens where pregnant pigs live before giving birth.
The term “gestation,” for instance, is derived from the Latin verb gestāre, used to describe a mammal carrying a burden.
How, then, can gestation happen if no one is carrying the fetus?
For the early Jewish sages, during the first 40 days of gestation, the fetus was nothing more than “mere fluid.”
In which of the three quarters of the twelve months did the gestation of this conspiracy commence?