gestation period
Womb time span
A gestation period is the time between conception and birth—how long offspring develop inside the mother before being born.
The term applies across mammals: The gestation period for elephants is nearly two years.
Figuratively, any project or idea may have a gestation period—the time it takes to develop before emerging: The novel had a long gestation period.
- fetusGestating offspring
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- prenatalBefore birth
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- termFixed period or word
nine months · quickening · prenatal development · full term · due date · water breaking · labor and delivery · fetal development · blastocyst · marsupial · umbilical cord · embryogenesis · incubation · viviparous · biological clock · litter size · expecting · baby on board
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- life historyreproductive strategy, parental care, fecundity, litter size, lifespan
- livestock traitsbirth weight, body weight, live weight, height, body length
- animal measurementsweight, length, height, wingspan, tail length
- allometryisometry, power law, power laws
gestation periodinfancy
Earliest period of life
childhood · maturity · adulthood · senescence · old age
gestation periodlabor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
delivery · birth · parturition · childbirth · active labor
period, gestation, gestate, gestational, gestating, gestated