pregnancy test

noun

: a medical test to see if a woman is pregnant

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After taking a second pregnancy test to be sure, Cooper said her emotions immediately flipped. Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 One of the investigators who received this funding, Andrew Levin of Kephera Diagnostics, leads a team that developed a prototype lateral flow assay, which works like a home pregnancy test but uses blood instead of urine. Lauren Schneider, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 One morning, Parker, alongside her husband, Dustin, decided to take a pregnancy test and capture the results on camera. Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 7 May 2026 His work with his father on unnecessary home improvements masks a darker project, which is uncovered by his nemesis, nonbinary youngest child Kelly (nonbinary actor Vaughan Murrae), who appeared as a positive home pregnancy test at the end of the original series. Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pregnancy test

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“Pregnancy test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnancy%20test. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

Medical Definition

pregnancy test

noun
: a physiological test to determine the existence of pregnancy in an individual
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