gestational

English

Etymology

From gestation +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gestational (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to gestation.

   Synonyms: (archaic) gestatory, (archaic) gestative

   gestational diabetes

2. Of a person or animal: pregnant
   • 1988, Chinese Medical Journal:

     Gestational mice were taken from the cage and divided into six groups by the draw lots method.

   • 2022 July 14, Al Goodwyn, “Editorial Cartoon”, in North Side Sun:

     "When crisis pregnancy pregnancy centers talk to gestational people about choice, that's torture!"

Derived terms

• gestational diabetes
• gestationally
• gestational sac
• midgestational
• multigestational
• nongestational
• perigestational
• pregestational
• progestational
• pseudogestational