pregnancynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈpreɡ.nən.si/us/ˈpreɡ.nən.si/C1 the state of being pregnant:
Most women feel sick in the mornings during their first months of pregnancy.
My first pregnancy was very straightforward - there were no complications.
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- Sadly, she miscarried eight weeks into the pregnancy.
- a pregnancy test
- a full-term pregnancy
- an unplanned pregnancy
- Her last pregnancy went to term .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obstetrics: pregnancy
- anti-choice
- artificial insemination
- backstreet abortion
- carry
- child
- ectopic pregnancy
- embryo
- embryonic
- expect
- family
- fruitful
- full-term
- have a bun in the oven idiom
- IVF
- late-term
- pro-choice
- pro-life
- surrogacy
- trimester
- trouble
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