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pregnancy

[preg-nuhn-see]

noun

plural

pregnancies 
  1. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.



pregnancy

/ ˈɛɡəԲɪ /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being pregnant

  2. the period from conception to childbirth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pregnancy

  1. The condition of carrying developing offspring within the body.

  2. The time period during which this condition exists; gestation.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • postpregnancy adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pregnancy1

First recorded in 1520–30; pregn(ant) 1 + -ancy
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Its organiser Kate Fry has the disease which affects one in ten women and it can cause severe pain and affect pregnancy chances.

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Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a road crash.

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"I was treated as just a kind of hysterical woman in pain who doesn't know what's going on because it's their first pregnancy," the 39-year-old tells us.

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MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy.

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Deliberately ending a pregnancy outside of these circumstances remains a criminal offence in England and Wales under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which carries a maximum punishment of life in prison.

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