gravidityn.
/ɡrəˈvɪdɪti/ The state of being gravid; pregnancy.
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pregnation?a1425
gravidation1450
pregnancyc1487
conceytatea1500
greatnessa1500
tympany1580
childbearing1612
gestation1615
ingravidation1615
gravidity1651
pregnantness1727
utero-gestation1775
baby-making1827
situation1829
enceinteship1841
tecnogonia1860
infanticipation1934
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours ii. 76 The urine is not changed by the graviditie it selfe, but onely by the suppression of the flowers.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 402 The Signs of Gravidity and Obstructions are hard to be distinguish'd in the beginning.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 159 During the period of a determined gravidity.
1880 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. IX. 244 Gravidity manifestly induces..a predisposition to the disease.
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