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PREGN-uh-nsee/ˈpreɡnənsi/

Pregnancy is the state of having a baby developing inside the body: teenage pregnancy; a healthy pregnancy. Pregnant is the adjective; maternity is wider (leave, care). Teenage pregnancy rates featured in the health chart. Mix-up: pregnant; expectancy. Do not use pregnancy as a playground joke in a write-up.

Meaning

The state of having a baby developing inside the body.

Examples

• “Teenage pregnancy rates featured in the health-inequality chart.”
• “The midwife notes date the pregnancy in weeks, which is the clinical sense.”

Good to know

a pregnancy; teenage / unplanned pregnancy; pregnancy rates. Adjective: pregnant. Trap: flippant use. Biology, PSHE, and news. The period of being pregnant.

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