gestation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gestation/ʤeˈsteɪʃn/

▶noun

1 the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.

2 the development of a plan or idea over time.

– derivatives
gestate verb,
gestational adjective.

– origin C16 (denoting exercise in the form of riding or travelling in a carriage): from L. gestatio(n-), from gestare ‘carry, carry in the womb’.

'gestation' also found in these Oxford entries:

premature - progestin - umbilical cord

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