gestational
IPA: dʒɛstˈeɪʃʌnʌɫ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to gestation.
- Of a person or animal: pregnant
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Examples of "gestational" in Sentences
- Some women develop diabetes during pregnancy; this is known as gestational diabetes mellitus, or GDM.
- The method of surrogacy the couple are using is called gestational surrogacy where the embryo is implanted into a surrogate mother.
- But it is interesting how many men are turning to donor egg and then a woman that medical science likes to call a gestational carrier can do this.
- Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests
- This test identifies women who are at higher risk of having a special form of diabetes called gestational diabetes, which develops in some women during pregnancy.
- Molar pregnancies (also called gestational trophoblastic disease and hydatidiform mole) happen when the cells that are supposed to develop into the placenta instead develop into a tumor made of trophoblastic (placental) cells.
- (If the condition gets severe, however, it can result in a temporary condition called gestational diabetes in the mother, which is associated with heavier babies and a higher risk of obesity in childhood.) (See iPhone apps for new moms.)
- They surely do: Most liberals, for instance, believe that race discrimination is wrong, rape is wrong, murder is wrong, legal interference with a woman’s right to get an abortion (at least until a certain gestational age) is wrong, and soon.
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