Definitions for trimester

trimester tri·mes·ter

Spelling: [trahy-mes-ter, trahy-mes-]
IPA: /traɪˈmɛs tər, ˈtraɪ mɛs-/

Trimester is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in trimester (eeimrrstt).

Definitions for trimester

noun

  1. a term or period of three months.
  2. one of the three approximately equal terms into which the year is divided by some colleges, schools, etc.

Origin of trimester

1815-25; French trimestre Latin trimē(n)stris of three months, equivalent to tri- tri- + -mē(n)stris (see semester)

Examples for trimester

Still under wraps, although Middleton is now in her second trimester?

Each of these studies found that exposure to starvation during the first trimester of pregnancy appeared to do the most harm.

The fact is that 83 percent of elective abortions occur during the first trimester, and decline rapidly after that.

Abortion is permitted within the first trimester, subject to counseling and a three-day waiting period.

Abedin, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is nearing the end of the risky first trimester of a pregnancy.

In France, for example, abortion is available in the first trimester but heavily restricted after.

Then, at the end of the first trimester, John drops a bombshell: there is not one love-child, but two.

Bear in mind that the Mississippi legislature is only in session for 90 days each year—or basically one trimester.

These women were twice as likely as those seeking first trimester abortions to be under 25.

She was in her second trimester when she and her husband were given a grim prognosis.

Word Value for trimester
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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