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gestate [′je‚stāt]
(embryology)
To carry the young in the uterus from conception to delivery.


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Because of ultrasound examinations, many Asian women--most notably in China but also in South Korea, Taiwan, Bangladesh, and India--now learn the sex of their gestating infant in advance, and many are choosing to terminate female fetuses.
He outlined two exceptions: the "ticking time bomb" scenario and the high-value, high-level terrorist who possesses a treasure trove of information about the terror network and the plots it's gestating.
Fecal samples (N = 275) were collected from December 2002 to June 2003 from finisher (10-24 weeks of age) pigs and gestating sows ([greater than or equal to] 1 year of age) from 3 Ohio swine farms (10, 60, and 32 samples), 1 Ohio slaughterhouse (83 samples), 1 Michigan swine farm (61 samples), and 2 North Carolina swine farms (8 and 21 samples).
 
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