pregnancy test

  • 1pregnancy test — n a physiological test to determine the existence of pregnancy in an individual * * * any of several methods used to demonstrate whether or not a woman is pregnant. Most pregnancy tests are based on the detection of a hormone, human… …

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  • 2pregnancy test — pregnancy tests N COUNT A pregnancy test is a medical test which women have to find out if they have become pregnant …

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  • 3pregnancy test — pregnancy ,test noun count a test that can be used for finding out if a woman is pregnant or not …

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  • 4Pregnancy test — A pregnancy test attempts to determine whether or not a female is pregnant. Records of attempts at pregnancy testing have been found as far back as the ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian cultures. Modern pregnancy tests look for chemical markers… …

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  • 5pregnancy test — noun a physiological test to determine whether a woman is pregnant • Hypernyms: ↑bioassay, ↑bio assay • Hyponyms: ↑Friedman test, ↑rabbit test * * * noun : a physiological test to determine the existence of pregnancy in an individual (as the… …

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  • 6pregnancy test — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pregnancy test : singular pregnancy test plural pregnancy tests a test that can be used for finding out if a woman is pregnant or not …

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  • 7pregnancy test — test taken by a woman to find out whether or not she is pregnant …

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  • 8pregnancy test — any of several methods used to demonstrate whether or not a woman is pregnant. Most pregnancy tests are based on the detection of a hormone, human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), in the urine. The sample of urine is mixed with serum containing… …

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  • 9pregnancy test — the bitterling (Rhodeus amarus, Cyprinidae) was used briefly for pregnancy tests on humans. A female bitterling would stretch her ovipositor if her fish bowl contained as little as one teaspoonful of urine from a pregnant woman, presumably… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 10Pregnancy rate — in infertility treatment is the success rate for pregnancy. It is the percentage of all attempts that leads to pregnancy, with attempts generally referring to menstrual cycles where insemination or any artificial equivalent is used, which may be… …

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