gravid
Carrying unborn offspring
Gravid means pregnant, used primarily in medical and scientific contexts: a gravid uterus, gravid females of the species.
The term appears in biology when describing egg-bearing animals or pregnant mammals under clinical observation.
Outside technical writing, gravid sounds deliberately formal or archaic.
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- fetusGestating offspring
- embryoOrganism before birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
maternity · obstetrics · midwife · doula · prenatal · antenatal · birth · labor
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- embryoOrganism before birth
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
blastocyst · amnion · chorion · endometrium · trophoblast · implantation · gestation · fecundity
Swollen from pressure within
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- heavyOf great mass
- ladenHeavily weighted down
bulging · rounded · protuberant · full · burgeoning
Heavily weighted down
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- heavyOf great mass
- fullMaximum extent reached
- weightedMade intentionally heavier
ponderous · substantial · meaningful · significant · momentous · portentous · consequential
Richly reproductive
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- generativeAble to produce or create
propagation · conception · germinal · fruitful · teeming
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
ultrasound · maternity · obstetrics · midwife · doula · prenatal · antenatal · birth · labor · delivery
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- embryoOrganism before birth
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
ovum · blastocyst · amnion · chorion · endometrium · trophoblast · implantation · gestation · fecundity · viviparous
distended
Swollen from pressure within
laden · bulging · rounded · protuberant · full · burgeoning
laden
Heavily weighted down
weighted · ponderous · substantial · meaningful · significant · momentous · portentous · consequential
fecund
Richly reproductive
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
generative · propagation · conception · germinal · fruitful · teeming
gravidbarren
Unable to produce
infertile · sterile · unfruitful · unfertile · childless
gravidnonpregnant
Not with child
unpregnant · delivered · postpartum · miscarrying · aborting
- cradle to graveEntire span of existence
- center of gravityEquilibrium point of mass
- one foot in the graveNear death's door
- dig one's own graveCause one's own undoing
- zero gravityAbsence of apparent weight
- mass graveShared burial for many