pseudopregnancy
noun
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Definition of pseudopregnancy
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: pseudocyesis
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: an anestrous state resembling pregnancy that occurs in various mammals usually after an infertile copulation
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Other Words from pseudopregnancy
pseudopregnant
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of pseudopregnancy in a Sentence
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The National Zoo should know by the end of August whether panda Mei Xiang is experiencing pregnancy or pseudopregnancy. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "National Zoo Panda's Recent 'Behavioral Changes' Could Mean She Is Pregnant," 7 Aug. 2019 Some species, however, go through a strange phase called a pseudopregnancy, which looks just like a real pregnancy except there is no fetus. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, "It's Really Hard to Know When a Zoo Animal Is Pregnant," 15 Dec. 2017 A panda that is undergoing a pseudopregnancy does everything pregnant pandas do. — Martin Weil, Washington Post, "Is zoo鈥檚 female giant panda pregnant? Could be, the zoo says," 19 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pseudopregnancy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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pseudopregnancy
noun
pseu路do路preg路nan路cy
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plural pseudopregnancies
Medical Definition of pseudopregnancy
: a condition which resembles pregnancy: as
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: pseudocyesis
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: an anestrous state resembling pregnancy that occurs in various mammals usually after an infertile copulation
Other Words from pseudopregnancy
pseudopregnant
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adjective