Definitions for gestation

gestation ges·ta·tion

Spelling: [je-stey-shuh n]
IPA: /dʒɛˈsteɪ ʃən/

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

You can make 534 anagrams from letters in gestation (aeginostt).

Definitions for gestation

noun

  1. the process, state, or period of gestating.

Origin of gestation

1525-35; Latin gestātiōn- (stem of gestātiō), equivalent to gestāt(us) (see gestate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for gestation

For the early Jewish sages, during the first 40 days of gestation, the fetus was nothing more than “mere fluid.”

The development of the ovule in the womb is known as gestation or pregnancy.

The term “gestation,” for instance, is derived from the Latin verb gestāre, used to describe a mammal carrying a burden.

Sparrman says that the period of gestation is twelve months.

She had supported Stern when his own career had first been in gestation and then later in free-fall.

It tells how a pregnant woman should live during the period of gestation.

He specifically defends the use of “gestation crates”— tiny pens where pregnant pigs live before giving birth.

Her icy silence did not detract from the delights of his gestation.

How, then, can gestation happen if no one is carrying the fetus?

The period of gestation in both these apes is a matter that cannot be stated with certainty.

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