gestation

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the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

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the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

gestation, maternity, pregnancy

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the conception and development of an idea or plan

gestation

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is a type of (narrower)

the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought