cyesis

American

[sahy-ee-sis] / saɪˈi sɪs /

noun

plural

cyeses

pregnancy.

cyesis British

/ saɪˈiːsɪs /

noun

med the technical name for pregnancy

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Other Word Forms

cyetic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cyesis

< New Latin < Greek kýēsis pregnancy, equivalent to kyē- (variant stem of kyeîn to be pregnant) + -sis -sis

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Most U.S. school systems until recently had a blunt but simple way to deal with the girl who became pregnant: she was kicked out, sometimes with a cryptic note on her record that "cyesis" or "glandular imbalance" was the cause.

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