gestation

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Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕstāshən, IPA: /dʒesˈteɪʃən/

Noun

gestation

1. The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2. The process of development of a plan or idea.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:

     It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.

Synonyms

• pregnancy

Translations

• French: gestation
• German: Reifung, Heranreifen
• Italian: gestazione
• Portuguese: gestação
• Russian: вына́шивание
• Spanish: gestación

Translations

• Portuguese: gestação
• Russian: вына́шивание

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