pregnancypreg‧nan‧cy /ˈpreɡnənsi/ ●●○ noun (plural pregnancies) [countable, uncountable] 
This drug should not be taken during pregnancy. her third pregnancy teenage pregnancies a pregnancy test
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It's harmful to drink alcohol during pregnancy.
- Many women find their skin is at its best during pregnancy.
- She's had a difficult pregnancy.
- This will be her third pregnancy.
- After the second month of pregnancy, estriol levels steadily increase as the placenta takes over estrogen production. 344.
- An audit of unplanned pregnancies seen in one practice also emphasised the need for great care in counselling people using the pill.
- Brown and Harris highlight the girl's success in coping with her premarital pregnancy, Quinton and Rutter her planning ability.
- In many cities, they sank into a vicious cycle of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependency.
- More weeks passed, and then the end of her pregnancy began to approach.
- Not all burdens on the right to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy will be undue.
- Of the rest, one left voluntarily because he was bored with his job, and one because of her pregnancy.
- Their pregnancies are likely to be troublesome and repetitive.
Longman Language Activatorthe period in which a baby is developing inside its mother
· Many women find their skin is at its best during pregnancy.· This drug should not be taken during pregnancy.· She's had a difficult pregnancy.
the length of time a human or animal baby develops in its mother's body: · An elephant's gestation period is almost two years.
when a baby is not born alive · "Am I going to lose the baby?'' she asked the doctor.· Patricia lost the baby after six months.
if a woman has a miscarriage the baby comes out of her body far too early for it to be able to live: · She was pregnant during her first marriage, but had a miscarriage.
a baby that is stillborn is born dead but fully developed: · Sadly, the baby was stillborn.· Libby had still not recovered from the shock of giving birth to a stillborn child.
if a baby is born dead , it is not alive when it is born: · The doctor told them that there was a danger their baby would be born dead or brain damaged.
a medical operation to deliberately end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive: · The Catholic Church remains strongly opposed to abortion.have an abortion: · One of my friends got pregnant when she was fifteen and had an abortion.backstreet abortion (=a secret illegal abortion by someone who is not trained): · Backstreet abortions left many women unable to have children later.
formal to perform the operation that prevents a baby from being born alive, often because the mother's life is in danger - used especially by doctors: · Doctors may terminate a pregnancy when the life of the mother is at risk.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a pregnancy testCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
when a woman is pregnant (=has a baby growing inside her body): a pregnancy test (=to find out if someone is pregnant)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· If caught during the early weeks of pregnancy it can cause deafness, blindness and heart problems in the baby.· Specific and direct harm medically diagnosable even in early pregnancy may be involved.· The earlier the pregnancy, the worse the circumstances.· She even doubts he sought treatment for the gonorrhea she was diagnosed with early in pregnancy, which he surely has.· Perhaps its wider implementation in early pregnancy should be an aim of all obstetric departments.· Taken in the early weeks of pregnancy, mifepristone induces an abortion.· Cravings Strong likes or dislikes of various foods are another of the early signs of pregnancy.· My family has a history of early teenage pregnancies, going back to my great great grandparents.
· During an ectopic pregnancy, the foetus damages or ruptures surrounding tissue as it grows, which causes abdominal pain.
· The result has been later pregnancies and greater knowledge of how to use contraceptive methods.
· This group has carried out a large multicentre study on glucose tolerance in normal pregnancy.· One in three female obstetricians would choose a Caesarean delivery for herself, even in a perfectly normal pregnancy.· These classes offer time to mull over and appreciate how many of their worries are a normal part of pregnancy.· It would therefore never be considered for women who believe they have a normal pregnancy.· To distinguish the latter pathologic conditions from normal pregnancy, serial assays should be determined.
· Of the sixteen women in their survey who were currently working-class and had been in institutional care, ten had premarital pregnancies.· Brown and Harris highlight the girl's success in coping with her premarital pregnancy, Quinton and Rutter her planning ability.
· There were no trends in standardised mortality ratios from cardiovascular disease or other causes with the number of previous pregnancies.· Gestational diabetes recurs in about 50 percent of women who had the problem in a previous pregnancy.· Although she was by now in her late thirties, she recognised the same symptoms as in her previous pregnancy.
· Some who had subsequent pregnancies had refused any kind of test, despite in some cases being aggressively pressurised by the hospital.· The woman later gave birth to a healthy baby in a subsequent pregnancy.
· There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.· We can debate all we want over funding for this or that well-meaning government program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.· So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.· Lake County leads the region in teen pregnancies.
· Yet even so, the United States still leads most industrialized countries in teenage pregnancies, abortions and childbearing.· The move is prompted in part by the government's determination to curb the number of teenage pregnancies.· The facts are considerably different from these myths: Virtually all studies indicate that over four-fifths of teenage pregnancies are unintended.· Four areas with low levels of education and training and high instances of teenage pregnancy will be targeted.· Let us examine the causes of teenage pregnancy and the impact early childbearing frequently has on young women.· I hope your book will reveal a new and refreshing view on teenage pregnancy and motherhood.· In many cities, they sank into a vicious cycle of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependency.
· An audit of unplanned pregnancies seen in one practice also emphasised the need for great care in counselling people using the pill.· Our marriage began and ended with an unplanned pregnancy.· Moreover, demographic factors such as unplanned pregnancy may also foreclose options.
· They could also lead to unwanted pregnancies and venereal disease, both on the increase among young people.· The way to reduce abortion is to prevent unwanted pregnancy.· The stereotype is of stories exclusively concerned with drugs and unwanted pregnancies.· The reason: fewer unwanted pregnancies and thus fewer incomplete abortions.· But remember, there's simply no excuse in this society, in the late twentieth century, for an unwanted pregnancy.· Each year, 200, 000 teens age 17 and younger have children, many from unwanted pregnancies.· As unwanted pregnancies can so easily be avoided by abortion and contraception, why is illegitimacy now so high?· Equally, an unwanted or unhappy pregnancy may result unexpectedly in the birth of an instantly beloved child.
NOUN· This fall in pregnancy rate has been explained by the greater use of contraceptives by teenagers, particularly those over sixteen.
· This is in line with medical advice for all home pregnancy tests.· Female journalists went to the clinic and took urine samples from men for their pregnancy tests.· He may arrange for you to have a pregnancy test.· In some maquilas, quarterly pregnancy tests are routine.· To get a free pregnancy test with Immediate results go to a family planning clinic or a Brook Centre.· Insemination was defined as successful if the woman did not menstruate when expected and subsequently had a positive pregnancy test result.· You just go to the hospital for your pregnancy test and arrange a date for the abortion at the same time.
VERB· If she is not immune, she should have the rubella immunisation and avoid pregnancy for six months.· If you buy them for your own use, ask the assistant for advice, as some should be avoided in pregnancy.
· Should they give up exercise, or continue through their pregnancy?· More women are taking up regular exercise, and may wish to continue their routine during pregnancy. 2.· If these can be detected early enough, then women can decide whether or not to continue the pregnancy.
· Babies born to women who did not abstain from drinking during pregnancy also tend to exhibit abnormal sleep patterns after birth.
· After weeks of courtroom argument the girl was permitted to leave the limelight and to end her pregnancy.
· They could also lead to unwanted pregnancies and venereal disease, both on the increase among young people.· Exposure to lead before or during pregnancy may increase the chance of a miscarriage.
· It can be inserted into a woman's womb quite easily by a doctor, in order to prevent pregnancy.· Kaiser spokeswoman Jamie Trevor said that patients are told that no sterilization procedure short of a complete hysterectomy can prevent pregnancy.· Breastfeeding does not always prevent pregnancy.· The way to reduce abortion is to prevent unwanted pregnancy.· It is easier now to prevent pregnancy through contraception, and to terminate it through abortion.· So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.· Its effectiveness in preventing pregnancy is as good or better than oral contraceptives.
· Manufacturers claim to reduce the chances of pregnancy by 75 %.· We can debate all we want over funding for this or that well-meaning government program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.
· But the chimeric lambs that would result from the pregnancy are mosaics: only some of the cells contain the transgene.· The review shows that improvements in nutritional status during pregnancy may result in more successful pregnancy outcomes.
· Secondly, the success rate of dilatation and curettage to terminate a pregnancy of under four weeks is poor.· The court in 1994 upheld some limits on how close protesters can get to women entering abortion clinics to terminate pregnancies.· Physicians were obliged to inform abortion patients about foetal development and the alternatives to terminating the pregnancy.· In general, teenagers from more affluent families are more likely than those from poorer families to terminate their pregnancies.· Melanie was furious, and desperate enough to go to any lengths to terminate the pregnancy.· Since 1989 conservatives on the court have given states more latitude to restrict the conditions under which women terminate pregnancies.· If she terminates a pregnancy she must shoulder that grief too and struggle on.· For young women who choose to terminate their pregnancy, the decision is often not easy to implement.
This drug should not be taken during pregnancy. her third pregnancy teenage pregnancies a pregnancy test