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Definition: Gestation Period |
Gestation PeriodNoun1. The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The period of development of the young from the time of conception until birth. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Gestation PeriodSynonym: gestation (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gestation Period |
| English words defined with "gestation period": first trimester ♦ midterm ♦ premature, prematurely ♦ second trimester ♦ third trimester. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gestation period": Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Pregnancy Trimester, Third. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The risk of BPD increases with decreasing birth weight and gestation period. (references) | |
Economic History | India | The normal gestation period is five years. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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| Language | Translations for "gestation period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | période de gestation, durée de gestation. (various references) | ||||
German | Ausreifungszeit (einer Investition). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | estationgay eriodpay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: deportations, disintegrate, disorientate, operationist, periodontist, predigestion, redepositing, repositioned, trepidations. | |
-4 letters: adoptionist, deportation, derogations, desperation, negotiators, notorieties, partitioned, paternities, peridotites, petitioners, postediting, protagonist, redigestion, repetitions, trepidation. | |
-5 letters: adsorption, argentites, denigrates, depositing, deposition, derogation, designator, desorption, despairing, detonators, detritions, disparting, disporting, disrooting, distorting, distortion, estreating, godparents, instigated, instigator, integrated, integrates, interposed, interstage, isoprenoid, iterations, itinerated. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: photodisintegrate. | |
+3 letters: photodisintegrated, photodisintegrates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 73 74 61 74 69 6F 6E      50 65 72 69 6F 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e s t a t i o n   P e r i o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 0073 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E      0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171858667867581802507184758170 |
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