month of gestation

collocation in English

meaningsofmonthandgestation

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month
noun[C]
uk
/mʌnθ/us
/mʌnθ/
a period of about four weeks, especially one of the twelve periods into which a year ...
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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 ofmonthandgestationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The embryos develop a placenta after around four months of gestation, when they still possess vestiges of external gills.
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After 22 months of gestation (the longest among mammals), the female gives birth to a single 90-cm-high calf which weighs more than 100 kg.
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A significantly larger number of those with affective disorder suffered a maternal infection in the 5thmonthofgestation.
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Neuronal migration, which occurs as early as the secondmonthofgestation, is controlled by a complex array of chemical guides and signals.
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That is, the fetuses exposed during their 6thmonthofgestationto an exceptionally virulent form of influenza were at higher risk for developing schizophrenia.
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It is believed that cell proliferation is largely complete by the fifthmonthofgestation.
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From the 4thmonthofgestationuntil delivery, the placenta grows more slowly than the uterus.
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The squirrels mate in the early spring and females give birth after about amonthofgestation.
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This occurs around the thirdmonthofgestation.
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Neuronal migration, which occurs as early as the secondmonthofgestation, is controlled by a complex assortment of chemical guides and signals.
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The pineal gland starts to develop during the secondmonthofgestation.
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A study of 40 pregnant women has concluded that the use of ultrasonography is necessary for identifying disorders during the first months of gestation (58).
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While the bone marrow is the primary site of hematopoiesis in the adult, the spleen has important hematopoietic functions up until the fifthmonthofgestation.
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Myelination starts between 6+8 months of gestation and is not complete until 2 years110 so there is a corresponding decline in latencies during infancy.
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In humans, females make a larger parental investment than males (i.e. nine months of gestation followed by childbirth and lactation).
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