Associations to the word «Gestation»

GESTATION, noun. The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

GESTATION, noun. The process of development of a plan or idea.

GESTATION CRATE, noun. A metal enclosure used in intensive pig farming, in which a breeding sow may be kept during pregnancy.

GESTATION CRATES, noun. Plural of gestation crate

GESTATION PERIOD, noun. The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant

GESTATION SAC, noun. A gestational sac.

GESTATION SACS, noun. Plural of gestation sac

GESTATION, noun. The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans).

GESTATION, noun. The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.

GESTATION, noun. The conception and development of an idea or plan.