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Pregnancy

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Definition: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.  IM for articles on normal pregnancy, NIM as check tag; policy: Manual 18.4+, 28.16+; in children or adolescents, see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; check tag FEMALE also; surrogate pregnancy   
See Also Litter Size; Maternal-Fetal Relations; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Care; Pseudopregnancy
Examples Gravidity; Labor, Obstetric; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Parity; Parturition; Placentation; Pregnancy in Adolescence; Pregnancy, Animal; Pregnancy, High-Risk; Pregnancy Maintenance; Pregnancy, Multiple; Pregnancy Outcome; Pregnancy, Unplanned; Pregnancy, Unwanted; Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Pseudopregnancy 		Other names Gestation; Pregnancies

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