gravid

grav·id

adj \ˈgra-vəd\

Definition of GRAVID

1

: pregnant

2

: distended with or full of eggs <a gravid fish>

— gra·vid·i·ty \gra-ˈvi-də-tē\ noun

Examples of GRAVID

1. <the patient is a gravid woman in her seventh month>

Origin of GRAVID

Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy

First Known Use: 1597

Related to GRAVID

Synonyms: big, caught, enceinte, expectant, expecting, gone, pregnant, heavy, quick [archaic]

Antonyms: nonpregnant

Related Words: parturient, prenatal; childbearing, gestational; brooding; conceiving, impregnated

Near Antonyms: barren, infertile; aborting, miscarrying; delivered

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Other Embryology Terms

neonate, ontogeny, parturition

Rhymes with GRAVID

avid