conceptive
- adjective
- /kənˈsɛptɪv/
- After extensive testing, the clinic determined that she was conceptive, meaning she could become pregnant.
Examples
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These personal characteristics act and are acted upon by the use or lack of conceptive strategies by the organization: socialization (turning points), communication (communicative relationships), and participation (inclusion in decision-making).
Academic text (1996) -
The breeder ensured that only conceptive females were used in their breeding program to enhance the lineage.
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The findings on conceptive organizations and their associated strategies are further related to the research on the construct of organizational culture.
Academic text (1996) -
The conceptive organization can be contrasted with a bureaucratically driven organization that focuses on controlling employees through rules, policies, and procedures.
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Extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis can cause conceptive failure, coital inability, and pregnancy loss.
Academic text (1991) -
The veterinarian confirmed that the female dog was conceptive and could expect puppies soon.
Synonyms
Relating to making new living things like babies or young animals
A living thing that can have many young or seeds
Relating to producing young
Able to produce young or seeds
Able to produce offspring or new things
Able to have babies or produce seeds
Able to have young
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conceptive comes from the Latin word concipere, which meant 'to take in' and was used for becoming pregnant. It shares the same root as conceive and conception, so conceptive means 'able to conceive' or 'capable of becoming pregnant'.