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pregnancy

/ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/ noun

In Latin: graviditās, gravitas, praegnātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pregnancy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

From pregnant + -cy.

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