gravid
/ˈɡravɪd
/adjective
1 technical Carrying eggs or young; pregnant: the retroverted gravid uterus...
- This was a large-scale, anatomical publication filled with high-quality engravings of the gravid, or pregnant, uterus.
- In addition to concerns about the difficulty of making a prompt and accurate diagnosis, the displacement of the appendix by the gravid uterus has resulted in controversy about the optimal site of abdominal incision for appendectomy.
- Studies have shown a similar incidence of major depressive episodes in matched gravid and nongravid women, so pregnancy appears to have neither a protective nor a detrimental effect.
2Full of meaning or a specified quality: the scene is gravid with unease...
- His timing was bad: the Warwick agreement, gravid with promise, had just been signed.
- One word can be so gravid with meaning that it could ignite the outrage of citizens, the deployment of troops, the legal obligation of action.
- Music seems gravid with meaning. We talk not solely of a person's enjoying music but of his understanding or misunderstanding it.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin gravidus 'laden, pregnant', from gravis 'heavy'.