pregnancy (preg'nan-se)

Syn.: gestation, gravidity, fetation. The condition of be- 682 ing with child. The state of a female after conception until the birth of the child, abdominal p. A form of ectopic p. in which the fetus develops in the abdominal cavity, cervical p. The development of the impregnated ovum in the cervical canal. cornual p. Development of the ovum in one of the horns of the uterus, ectopic p., extrauterine p. Development of the impregnated ovum outside the cavity of the uterus, hydatid p. The growth of a hydatid mole in the uterine cavity, interstitial p. Development of the ovum in the fallopian tube during its course in the uterine wall, ovarian p. Development of an impregnated ovum in a graafian follicle of the ovary, phantom p. Syn.: false p. A phantom tumor simulating p. secondary abdominal p. The continued growth of a fertilized ovum in the abdominal cavity after it has been expelled from a ruptured fallopian tube, spurious p. Syn.: pseudocyesis. A condition in which many or all of the objective signs of p. are present, even enlargement of the abdomen, and yet the patient is not pregnant, tubal p. Development of a fertilized ovum in the fallopian tube, twin p. Syn.: bigerminal p. The simultaneous development of two impregnated ova. uterine p., normal p. Development of the ovum child.] in the uterus. [Lat., praegnans, with prehensile (pre-hen's il). Adapted for grasping or seizing. [Lat., prehend ere, to lay hold of.]