abdominal gestation

English edit

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩ d͡ʒɛˈsteɪ.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩ d͡ʒɛˈsteɪ.ʃn̩/
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩ d͡ʒɛˈsteɪ.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩ d͡ʒɛˈsteɪ.ʃn̩/

Noun edit

abdominal gestation (plural abdominal gestations)

(medicine) A pregnancy outside of the uterus, and within the abdominal cavity.

Translations edit

pregnancy within the abdominal cavity

Portuguese: gestação abdominal f

References edit

Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 1