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pregnancy

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology, Birth
preg‧nan‧cy plural pregnancies [uncountable and countable]
MB when a woman is pregnant (=has a baby growing inside her body):
This drug should not be taken during pregnancy.
her third pregnancy
teenage pregnancies
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