gestational

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Recent Examples of gestational The researchers used a mouse model to simulate an adverse gestational environment, specifically maternal immune activation, which mimicked infection or inflammation during pregnancy, and examined what effect that had on the cells in the vDG. New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025 Women deserve real safeguards—medical evaluations, ultrasounds to confirm gestational age and rule out ectopic pregnancies, informed consent, and assurance that their decision is truly voluntary. Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 In 2014, Blankenship and her husband — who now share a daughter, 9-year-old Greenleigh — had just started discussing the possibility of getting an egg donor or finding a gestational carrier. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 These new features include gestational age tracking. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
  • There is, however, some emerging evidence linking prenatal fluoride exposure to lower IQs in children, although more studies are needed.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Adverse prenatal environments change how neurons in the hippocampus develop, leaving offspring more sensitive to threats in adulthood.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of them were young women, either pregnant or of childbearing age, when the bombs fell and have lived much of their lives under a heavy shadow of fear and stigma.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Gestational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestational. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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