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gravid

[ grav-id ]
/ ˈgræv ɪd /
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adjective

pregnant1(def 1).

RELATED WORDS

abundant, big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, heavy, hopeful, parturient, productive, prolific, replete, teeming, anticipating, parous, preggers

Nearby words

graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard stew, graveyard watch, gravicembalo, gravid, gravid uterus, gravida, gravidic, gravidity, gravidly

Origin of gravid

1590–1600; < Latin gravidus, equivalent to grav(is) burdened, loaded + -idus -id4
Related formsgra·vid·i·ty [gruh-vid-i-tee] /grəˈvɪd ɪ ti/, grav·id·ness, noungrav·id·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for gravid

gravid

/ (ˈɡrævɪd) /

adjective

the technical word for pregnant
Derived Formsgravidity or gravidness, noungravidly, adverb

Word Origin for gravid

C16: from Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy
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Word Origin and History for gravid

gravid

adj.

"pregnant," 1590s, from Latin gravidus "loaded; pregnant," from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Gravidation "pregnancy" is attested from mid-15c.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for gravid

gravid

[ grăv′ĭd ]

adj.

Carrying eggs or developing young.
Related formsgra•vid′i•ty (grə-vĭd′ĭ-tē) null n.
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