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• Gestation — is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). The time interval of a gestation plus 2 weeks is called gestation period ,… …   Wikipedia

• Gestation crate — A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a 7 ft by 2 ft [Reun, P.D.; Dial G.D.; Polson, D.D.; and Marsh W.E. Breeding and gestation facilities for swine: matching biology to facility design, The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food… …   Wikipedia

• gestation — gestational, gestative /jes teuh tiv, je stay /, adj. /je stay sheuhn/, n. the process, state, or period of gestating. [1525 35; < L gestation (s. of gestatio), equiv. to gestat(us) (see GESTATE) + ion ION] * * * ▪ biology       in mammals, the… …   Universalium

• gestation period — noun the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) • Syn: ↑gestation • Derivationally related forms: ↑gestational (for: ↑gestation), ↑gestate (for: ↑ge …   Useful english dictionary

• Gestation period — The period of development of the young from the time of conception until birth. For humans the full gestation period is normally 9 months. The word gestation comes from the Latin gestare meaning to carry or to bear. * * * gestation period n the… …   Medical dictionary

• gestation — ges|ta|tion [ dʒə steıʃn ] noun uncount 1. ) the time and process during which a human or animal baby develops inside its mother: gestation period (=the time gestation takes): Human infants have a gestation period of nine months. 2. ) the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• gestation — UK [dʒeˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [dʒəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] 1) biology the time during which a human or animal baby develops inside its mother, or the process by which this happens gestation period (= the time gestation takes): Human infants have… …   English dictionary

• Gestation — Period of time from conception to birth. * * * SYN: pregnancy. [L. gestatio, from gesto, pp. gestatus, to bear] * * * ges·ta·tion je stā shən n 1) the carrying of young in the uterus from conception to delivery: PREGNANCY 2) GESTATION PERIOD… …   Medical dictionary

• gestation — noun a) The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mothers body until it is born. It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the… …   Wiktionary

• Gestation — Schwangere Frau Anatomisches Modell der Schwangerschaft im neunten Monat Die Schwangerschaft (medizinisch Gestation oder Gravidität, von lateinisch gravitas, „Schwere“) be …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• gestation — [16] Etymologically, gestation is the period during which unborn young is ‘carried’ inside the womb. Indeed, to begin with the word meant simply ‘carrying’ in English (‘Gestacion, that is to be carried of another thing, without any travail of the …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins