GESTATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gestational mean? 

• GESTATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective GESTATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to gestation

  Familiarity information: GESTATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GESTATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to gestation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

Derivation:

gestation (the conception and development of an idea or plan)

gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

gestation (the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans))

 Context examples 

A regimen consisting of etoposide, high-dose methotrexate and dactinomycin (Actinomycin-D), followed by cyclophosphamide and vincristine, used for the treatment of metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT).

(EMA-CO Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of etoposide, high-dose methotrexate and dactinomycin, followed by a dose-intense etoposide and cisplatin regimen, used for the treatment of poor-prognosis metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT).

(EMA-CE Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A gestational trophoblastic tumor characterized by the presence of a monomorphus cellular population of intermediate trophoblastic cells infiltrating in a nodular pattern.

(Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Gestational trophoblastic tumor in all other metastatic sites.

(FIGO Stage IV Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

An infant born after completion of the normal gestational period.

(Full Term Neonate, NCI Thesaurus)

The period at birth when a newborn is born after the full gestational period.

(Full Term Neonatal Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

The numerical value that represents a clinical assessment of neurological and physical criteria, performed between birth and five days of age, to determine an infant's gestational age and maturity.

(Dubowitz Score, NCI Thesaurus)

The gestational period of the cat embryo is 63-65 days and the average lifespan of a domestic short haired cat is 10-15 years.

(Domestic Short Hair Cat, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes corticoliberin protein, plays a role in the regulation of both hormonal secretion and gestational duration.

(CRH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The vast majority of cases arise in the uterus and represent gestational choriocarcinomas that derive from placental trophoblastic cells.

(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)