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gestation

[je-stey-shuhn] / dʒɛˈsteɪ ʃən /


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So there was uncertainty at the time about whether they should be recommended for pregnant women, and if so, at what stage of gestation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“So it has been a long gestation period,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Before the new law went into effect, the state allowed for abortions up to 15 weeks of gestation.

From Salon May 5, 2026

Mifepristone, which prevents pregnancy progression, and misoprostol, which empties the uterus, are approved to terminate a pregnancy up to 70 days of gestation in the United States.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

I took new interest in the torpedo-fish with their crackling shocks; in the turtles that paced beside yardsticks; in the mice sliced end to end, that their gestation might be viewed.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

“Potentially, those gestations that would have ended in fetal death in 2021 were born alive in 2022 and then died shortly after,” Ms. Gemmill said in an interview.

From Washington Times Nov. 8, 2023

Only three participants self-managed abortions with gestations of 17 weeks and longer, and the study’s authors called for more research into medication abortion and later pregnancies.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2023

For one, it works best with species that have big litters and short gestations, Quimon points out.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2021

But we don’t know how those powers, or the rules of the “town” where Wanda and Vision are apparently trapped, affected the gestations of their children.

From Slate Jan. 22, 2021

On the other hand, I know of three well-authenticated instances of immunity in a sweeping epidemic of persons whose mothers had suffered attacks during the gestations which respectively resulted in their births.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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