as in pregnant
containing unborn young within the body
the patient is a gravid woman in her seventh month
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Recent Examples of gravid
About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.
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Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
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Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Jay enlisted artist Lukas Geronimas to DJ after dinner, smoothing out what usually ends up as an ad hoc dance party with tipsy guests fighting over the aux cord while those too gravid with barbeque to dance sip ginger ale and watch.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2022
Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar opened in early August, the week of the Sturgeon Moon, which is when the Algonquins believed the Great Lakes teemed with gravid fish.
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Mike Sula,
Chicago Reader,
27 Sep. 2017
Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.
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Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2017
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Jay enlisted artist Lukas Geronimas to DJ after dinner, smoothing out what usually ends up as an ad hoc dance party with tipsy guests fighting over the aux cord while those too gravid with barbeque to dance sip ginger ale and watch.
—
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2022
Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar opened in early August, the week of the Sturgeon Moon, which is when the Algonquins believed the Great Lakes teemed with gravid fish.
—
Mike Sula,
Chicago Reader,
27 Sep. 2017
Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.
—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravid
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The pregnant woman went into labor after being pulled from the rubble of the building in the city, which was the worst impacted by the devastating back-to-back earthquakes in the region, according to South American news outlet HCH Televisión Digital.
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In the spring, when animals’ energy stores are low, navigating uncrossable fences can cause pregnant wildlife to miscarry and, over time, result in declining birthrates, the authors wrote.
Adjective
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Too often, however, the information given to expectant parents has not kept pace.
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Parker was her friend, wedding photographer and a fellow expectant mom.
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“Gravid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravid. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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