| pregnant | 1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." . " A pregnant brevity." 3. Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. "Wherein the pregnant enemy does much." (Shak) Pregnant construction, one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright. Origin: L. Praegnans, -antis; prae = before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. Pregnant. See Gender, 2d Kin. A pregnant woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin | <veterinary> Formed by the equine placenta. Its activity in animals is similar to that of the follicle-stimulating hormone; relatively ineffective in human beings. Synonym: pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pregnantly | In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |