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gestation vs extrauterine gestation

extrauterine gestation vs gestation

gestation and extrauterine gestation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gestation Yes No No No
extrauterine gestation Yes No No No
As nouns, extrauterine gestation is a hyponym of gestation; that is, extrauterine gestation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gestation:
  • gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
  • extrauterine gestation: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
Other hyponyms of gestation include trouble, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, gravida, para, parity, eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis, entopic pregnancy, placenta previa.
gestation (noun) extrauterine gestation (noun)
the conception and development of an idea or plan pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
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