as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body
a study examining the effects of gravidity on women's athletic performance
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Noun
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Older age also carries a higher risk of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure and chromosomal conditions during pregnancy.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Genetics are likely to play a role; researchers have also explored the possible contributions of factors such as parental age; labor and delivery conditions; and exposures to certain chemicals, medications, or infections during pregnancy.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2025
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Trying out their research on mice was easier than doing so on elephants—for one thing, the average gestation period for a mouse is three weeks, whereas an elephant’s is twenty-two months, the longest of any mammal.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Asian elephants—the extinct woolly mammoth’s closest surviving kin—require 22 months, the longest gestation period of any mammal.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Gravidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravidity. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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