Pregnancy Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Pregnancy Information and Meaning
See also ABORTION; BIRTH; CHILDREN; MOTHER; PARENTS; SEX.
- cyesiology
- Obsolete, the part of medical science that studies pregnancy.
- cyesis
- Medicine. the condition of pregnancy.
- eccyesis
- a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.
- embryography
- the scientific description of the fetus. —embryographic, adj.
- fetology, foetology
- the branch of medicine that studies fetuses. —fetologist, foetologist, n.
- gravidity
- the state or condition of pregnancy. —gravidness, n. —gravid, adj.
- obstetrics
- the medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. —obstetrician, n. —obstetric, obstetrical, adj.
- pregnancy
- the state, condition, or quality of being with child. —pregnant, adj.