Phenomena and Processes

Pregnancy

The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

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Abstract

The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Gestation
  • Pregnancies

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13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, drug effects, ethics, ethnology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, statistics & numerical data, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for articles on normal pregnancy, NIM as check tag; in children or adolescents, see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; surrogate pregnancy = Gestational Carriers; for "pregnancy" in non-placental organisms (fish, reptiles, monotremes for example): use OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; or VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN

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History Note

1963

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  1. G08.686.784w.769w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pregnancy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011247. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011247
  2. Pregnancy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy
  3. Pregnancy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11995