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pseudopregnant

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pseu⋅do⋅preg⋅nan⋅cy

  [soo-doh-preg-nuhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
Origin:
1855–60; pseudo- + pregnancy

Related forms:
pseu⋅do⋅preg⋅nant, adjective
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pseu·do·preg·nan·cy   (sōō'dō-prěg'nən-sē)   
n.   pl. pseu·do·preg·nan·cies

  1. See false pregnancy.

  2. A condition resembling pregnancy that occurs in some mammals, marked by persistence of the corpus luteum and usually following infertile copulation.

pseu'do·preg'nant adj.
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Main Entry: pseu·do·preg·nan·cy
Pronunciation: "süd-O-'preg-n&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: a condition which resembles pregnancy: as a : PSEUDOCYESIS b : an anestrous state resembling pregnancy that occurs in various mammals usually after an infertile copulation —pseu·do·preg·nant /-n&nt/ adjective
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pseudopregnancy pseu·do·preg·nan·cy (s&oomacr;'dō-prěg'nən-sē)
n.

  1. See pseudocyesis.

  2. A condition resembling pregnancy that occurs in some mammals, marked by persistence of the corpus luteum and usually following infertile copulation.

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