gestation - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • show: Surgery was required in 45 % of lesions showing late gestation ' resolution ' .
  • have: Which has the longest gestation: a sheep or a goat?

Preposition: at

  • birth: Term cohort - healthy infants 37 completed weeks gestation at birth, who were all recruited from the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.

Adjective modifier

  • twin: Cases were matched to the next three consecutive twin gestations attempting vaginal delivery without a prior cesarean.
  • multiple: Bigger babies, multiple gestations will have increases on the higher side.
  • late: Surgery was required in 45 % of lesions showing late gestation ' resolution ' .
  • long: Which has the longest gestation: a sheep or a goat?
  • early: In other instances, CHD may result from teratogens, usually unknown, during early gestation.
  • human: For example, the 260-day cycle has a geomantic correspondence with the nine-month period of human gestation.

Modifies a noun

  • period: The gestation period is from thirty days to three years.
  • length: They were not interested in my personal case history as it pertained to gestation length.
  • process: Gestation Process of being carried in the uterus from conception to birth.

Noun used with modifier

  • month: Once pregnant they cease to feed for the 3 to 4 month gestation period whilst the embryos develop inside the body.
  • day: The blobs are the result of 50 days gestation.
  • year: But lack of commitment by government caused a two and a half years gestation period.
  • triplet: Twenty-three triplet gestations were identified; 8 achieved vaginal delivery.

Possessives

  • week: Her last two babies were twins, born in hospital at 40 weeks ' gestation.
  • day: Her second, Tabitha, was born at home on 8th September 2002, at 43 weeks and 3 days ' gestation.

Preposition: of

  • pregnancy: These women should be recalled regardless of the gestation of the pregnancy.
  • week: B Early surgical abortion using a rigorous published protocol may also be an appropriate method at gestations of 7 weeks.

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