gravidity

as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body a study examining the effects of gravidity on women's athletic performance

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Noun
  • Their big family update came after a difficult year for the parents, who publicly shared that Natalie experienced three pregnancy losses in 2025.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Common wisdom also held that birthmarks were caused by the mother’s experience during pregnancy.
    Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The sustained gestation the placenta enabled supported larger, more metabolically expensive brains.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Not that the album had an easy gestation.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026
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“Gravidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravidity. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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