Get to know Gestation better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pregnancy or maternity.
Gestation in a sentence
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Gestation meaning
- The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea.
Synonyms of Gestation
Using Gestation
- The main meaning on this page is: The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born. | The process of development of a plan or idea.
- Useful related words include: gestation period, biological time, pregnancy, maternity.
- In the example corpus, gestation often appears in combinations such as: gestation period, the gestation, of gestation.
Context around Gestation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gestation
- In this selection, "gestation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, weeks, average, long, period, peaking and although stand out and add context to how "gestation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 24 weeks gestation and 25 weeks gestation weighing just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gestation" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gestation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was at 34 weeks gestation at the time. (9 words)
Google’s new skin condition diagnosis ability has been quite some time in gestation. (14 words)
He is very docile, is keen to work and has a short gestation period. (14 words)
Even until the mid-nineteenth century zoologists were unaware of the gestation period of elephants but Jahangir on the other hand had accurately estimated the gestation period of elephants to be 18 to 19 months in the early-seventeenth century itself. (41 words)
The average gestation period lies between 50 and 115 days, although the ursids and mustelids have delayed implantation, thus extending the gestation period six to 9 months beyond the normal period. (31 words)
However, subsequent research has confirmed that induction of labour routinely at 39 weeks’ gestation is likely associated with the lowest possible caesarean section rates together with excellent maternal and paediatric outcomes. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even until the mid-nineteenth century zoologists were unaware of the gestation period of elephants but Jahangir on the other hand had accurately estimated the gestation period of elephants to be 18 to 19 months in the early-seventeenth century itself.
First secreted by the endometrial cups around the 36th day of gestation, peaking around day 60, and decreasing after about 120 days of gestation.
The average gestation period lies between 50 and 115 days, although the ursids and mustelids have delayed implantation, thus extending the gestation period six to 9 months beyond the normal period.
By the 13th week of gestation, the first indentations in the fingertips, known as primary ridges, start to form.
Google’s new skin condition diagnosis ability has been quite some time in gestation.
It is typically prescribed within the first 12 weeks of gestation, although it can be effective even later.
It takes them 4 years to mature, and they have a gestation period of 9 months.
Roan is a mother already, and knew something wasn’t right when she began spotting a few weeks ago during her fourth month of gestation.
She said the WHO guidance was “very clear” that there should be no gestation limit to access abortion care and it should “be treated as any other form of healthcare”.
She was at 34 weeks gestation at the time.
The medical waste allegedly included 114 more bodies of babies estimated to be aborted at up to 35 weeks’ gestation.
Then there’s Georgia, which has a heartbeat law barring most abortions after six weeks’ gestation.
They enacted a policy which meant that every employee who suffered a miscarriage no matter what their gestation was entitled to three days paid leave.
They trained a deep learning model on data from 30-minute EHGs performed on a total of 159 pregnant women who were at least 26 weeks’ gestation.
Ancap has had a male Thor since 2020 and Terrell says there’s a long “gestation time” for new dummies.
Future research in this field may focus on how neurostructural changes during gestation could relate to postpartum depression, parental attachment, and dementia.
He is very docile, is keen to work and has a short gestation period.
Her best chance of survival was to deliver the baby at just 24 weeks gestation.
However, subsequent research has confirmed that induction of labour routinely at 39 weeks’ gestation is likely associated with the lowest possible caesarean section rates together with excellent maternal and paediatric outcomes.
In an op-ed for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Heather Hancock said she was born in Alberta at 25 weeks gestation, weighing just one pound, six ounces.
Common combinations with gestation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: