week of gestation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofweekandgestation
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week
noun[C]
uk/wiːk/us/wiːk/
a period of seven days, especially either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday ...
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gestation
noun[U]
uk/dʒesˈteɪ.ʃən/us/dʒesˈteɪ.ʃən/
biologyspecialized
(the period of) the development of a child or young animal while it is still inside its ...
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(Definition ofweekandgestationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The third step involves neuronal migration to their eventual target locations (8th to 15thweekofgestation).
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Participants were all nulliparous women attending antenatal care clinics before the 20thweekofgestationafter a randomly selected starting date.
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One woman suffered sudden death at the 35*weekofgestation.
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Thus, worms were recovered from all 26 piglets born by three sows infected during the 10thweekofgestation.
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Miscarriage is defined as spontaneous pregnancy loss before the 20thweekofgestation.
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Determination of amnionicity has to wait until the 8thweekofgestationwhen enough amniotic -uid is present in the amniotic sac to separate the amnion from the embryonic body.
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It was at the 18thweekofgestation.
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Which day represents the 18thweekofgestation?
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I waited for him to tell us what the 18thweekofgestationis and how he would go about proving it.
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As a legal matter, the 18thweekofgestationdoes not exist.
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Between the 22nd and 24thweekofgestationthe chance of being born alive and the chance of surviving afterwards increase, but up to 24 weeks both are rare.
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