abort |
to experience the end of a pregnancy before the fetus is able to survive. [2/6 definitions] |
abortion |
the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is able to survive. [1/4 definitions] |
antiabortion |
opposed to the termination of human pregnancy by removal of the fetus before it is capable of surviving. |
conception |
the fertilizing of an egg by sperm; beginning of pregnancy. [1/4 definitions] |
ectopic |
out of the normal place, as an organ of the body or a pregnancy. |
ectopic pregnancy |
a pregnancy in which a fertilized ovum begins developing outside the uterus, as in a fallopian tube. |
estriol |
an estrogen hormone found in the ovaries and in the urine during a normal pregnancy. [1/2 definitions] |
estrogen |
any of several female hormones that produce sexual heat and capability of pregnancy in most mammals, and that produce and maintain other female characteristics. |
German measles |
a mild contagious viral disease, characterized by swollen glands, fever, and a rash, and dangerous to fetuses in the first three months of pregnancy. |
leukocytosis |
a large temporary increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood, due esp. to infection or pregnancy rather than leukemia. |
miscarriage |
the spontaneous expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it is viable, esp. in the early months of pregnancy. [1/2 definitions] |
morning sickness |
nausea and sometimes vomiting in the early part of the day during the first several months of pregnancy. |
obstetrician |
a medical doctor whose specialty is pregnancy and childbirth. |
obstetrics |
(used with a sing. verb) the branch of medicine that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. |
pill |
(informal) an oral drug for women designed to prevent pregnancy; birth control pill (prec. by "the"). [1/6 definitions] |
pro-choice |
holding the view that women have the right choose whether to continue with a pregnancy or terminate it. |
pro-life |
holding the view that abortion to end a pregnancy is morally wrong. |
pseudocyesis |
a physical condition in which symptoms of pregnancy are falsely manifested; false pregnancy. |
quadruplet |
any of four offspring born to the same mother in the same pregnancy. [1/2 definitions] |
quint |
(informal) one of five children born to a mother from a single pregnancy; quintuplet. |
quintuplet |
one of five children born to a mother from a single pregnancy. [1/2 definitions] |