gestated; gestating
1
: to carry in the uterus during pregnancy
2
: to conceive and gradually develop in the mind
: to be in the process of gestation
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Despite the declaration of death, some patients continue certain biological processes including hormone regulation, growth and the ability to gestate a pregnancy.
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Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Laying eggs, rather than gestating offspring inside, freed dinosaurs from having to carry bigger and bigger babies for longer terms, as elephants and other large mammals do.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
What’s more, cloning can be hard on the surrogate mother that gestates the cloned embryo.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Walruses gestate for 15 months to 16 months, while several species of whales have pregnancies that last more than a year.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
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Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Laying eggs, rather than gestating offspring inside, freed dinosaurs from having to carry bigger and bigger babies for longer terms, as elephants and other large mammals do.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
What’s more, cloning can be hard on the surrogate mother that gestates the cloned embryo.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Walruses gestate for 15 months to 16 months, while several species of whales have pregnancies that last more than a year.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Gestate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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