What's the difference between gestant and pregnant?

Gestant


Definition:

  • (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Biosynthesis of type IV collagen in the parietal endodermal cells of 12 day gestant Sherman rats was examined following intraconceptal injection of 3H-proline.
  • (2) Mean duration of diabetes was shorter and mean daily insulin requirement (during pregnancy) was lower among MODY patients in comparison to IDDM gestants.
  • (3) A similar effect was seen with cyclic and gestant ewe corpora lutea at the same dose of PGF2alpha.

Pregnant


Definition:

  • (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
  • (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
  • (a.) Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
  • (n.) A pregnant woman.
  • (a.) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The prenatal risk determined by smoking pregnant woman was studied by a fetal electrocardiogram at different gestational ages.
  • (2) 5 pregnant insulin-dependent diabetics were also studied.
  • (3) More research and a national policy to provide optimal nutrition for all pregnant women, including the adolescent, are needed.
  • (4) The Black pregnant teen is a microcosm of the impact of society on the most vulnerable.
  • (5) The appearance of unusual isoenzyme patterns in newborn infants and in pregnant women in comparison with normal adults.
  • (6) Women who make their first visit during their first pregnancy are more likely than those who are not pregnant to receive a pregnancy test or counseling on matters other than birth control.
  • (7) Results of a detailed study of the fibrinolytic enzyme system in pregnant and non-pregnant Nigerians are reported.
  • (8) A case of automobile trauma to a pregnant woman at term is presented, and a plan of management involving fetal monitoring is recommended.
  • (9) In umbilical cord blood a higher level of lipoperoxide was observed in patients with toxemia of pregnancy than in normal pregnant women.
  • (10) In the water-loaded state, MAP rose significantly at the lowest rate of infusion in both pregnant and non-pregnant ewes.
  • (11) Intravenous injection of Cd2+ to the pregnant rat on day 12 causes a dose-dependent inhibition of placental Zn2+ transport.
  • (12) Progesterone levels declined after Day 18 of the cycle in cycling mares, whereas they increased in the pregnant mares.
  • (13) Treatment with the antithyroid drug had been discontinued by herself when she was 19 years old until she was 24 years old, when she was pregnant and consulted our hospital.
  • (14) Serum ferritin was measured in 51 term normal pregnant mothers and the corresponding cord blood samples.
  • (15) Therefore, we tested the ability of ultrasound imaging to identify noninvasively the stomach contents of laboring and nonlaboring pregnant volunteers.
  • (16) Subcutaneous polymorphic sarcomas were induced in 8 out 27 offspring of syrian golden Hamsters after treatment of pregnant mother animals at day 15 of gestation with Adenovirus 12.
  • (17) Management in pregnant females or in males with indwelling catheters or before prostatic surgery presents special problems.
  • (18) Five pregnant renal transplant patients had seven [99mTc]DTPA renal studies to assess allograft perfusion and function.
  • (19) The intravenous administration of ovine placental lactogen to pregnant and non-pregnant sheep produced significant acute decreases in plasma free fatty acid, glucose and amino nitrogen concentrations.
  • (20) However, nonimmune adults, including pregnant women, are at greater risk for complications and mortality when they contract varicella.

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