gestation
/d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
gestation noun: the period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
Noun
gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)
- The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea.
- It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 149
gestation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gestation in Hindi
- period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
- गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā
gestation in Tamil
- கருவளர்ச்சி, கருத்தங்கல், சூல்கொள்ளல், கருக்காலம், கருத்தரித்தல், கருவளர் காலம்
gestation in Marathi
- period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
- सगर्भता sagarbhatā
gestation in Urdu
- حمل, سواری
More languagesFewer languages
- gestation in Malayalam
- ഗർഭകാലം gaṟbhakālaṁ
- gestation in Kannada
- ಗರ್ಭಾವಸ್ಥೆ, ಗರ್ಭಧಾರಣೆ, ಗರ್ಭವಾಸ, ಗರ್ಭಾವಧಿ
- gestation in Indonesian
- gestasi
- gestation in Vietnamese
- thai kì
Examples of gestation in a sentence
- Late in gestation DNMT1o-deficient placentas had greater spongiotrophoblast content and reduced labyrinth vascular surface area.
- A 24-year-old primigravida presents for routine ultrasound at 20 weeks gestation.
- When fetofetal transfusion syndrome occurs in very preterm gestation, treatment options are limited and often unsuccessful.
Synonyms of gestation
Forms of gestation
| plural | gestations |
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Origin of gestation
Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.
Words formed from gestation
Phrases with gestation
Words that rhyme with gestation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about gestation
- What does gestation mean?
- Gestation means the period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- What is gestation in Hindi?
- Gestation in Hindi is गर्भावस्था (garbhāvasthā). See Gestation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gestation?
- Gestation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gestation?
- Gestation is pronounced /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of gestation?
- The plural of gestation is gestations.
Words near gestation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gestation (page history and authors); gestation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gestation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gestation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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