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gestation vs extrauterine pregnancy

extrauterine pregnancy vs gestation

gestation and extrauterine pregnancy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gestation Yes No No No
extrauterine pregnancy Yes No No No
As nouns, extrauterine pregnancy is a hyponym of gestation; that is, extrauterine pregnancy 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 pregnancy: 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 gestation, metacyesis, entopic pregnancy, placenta previa.
gestation (noun) extrauterine pregnancy (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)
Difference between gestation and extrauterine pregnancy

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