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pregnance

pregnance is the obsolete form of pregnancy.

Meaning of pregnancy

Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

  1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
    • News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian
  2. The period of time this condition prevails.
  3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Forms of pregnance

pluralpregnances

Questions about pregnance

What is pregnance the obsolete form of?
Pregnance is the obsolete form of pregnancy.

Words near pregnance in the dictionary

  1. pregnacalciferols
  2. pregnadiene
  3. pregnadienediol
  4. pregnadienediols
  5. pregnadienes
  6. pregnance
  7. pregnances
  8. pregnancies
  9. pregnancy
  10. pregnancy brain
  11. pregnancy loss

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