MOLAR PREGNANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molar pregnancy mean? 

• MOLAR PREGNANCY (noun)
  The noun MOLAR PREGNANCY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus

  Familiarity information: MOLAR PREGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLAR PREGNANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hydatid mole; hydatidiform mole; molar pregnancy

Hypernyms ("molar pregnancy" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

Molar pregnancy is the most common type of gestational trophoblastic tumor.

(Molar pregnancy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called molar pregnancy.

(Hydatidiform mole, NCI Dictionary)

A molar pregnancy contains many cysts (sacs of fluid).

(Molar pregnancy, NCI Dictionary)