gravid
1
9.3
- adjective
- /ˈɡrævɪd/
- Specialized
:
grávida
- The scientists studied the behavior of gravid turtles as they made their way to the nesting grounds.
- gravid female
Examples
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Therefore, when caring for gravid patients, otolaryngologists must be aware of maternal and fetal side effects of the medications commonly prescribed in otolaryngology.
Academic text (2003) -
I wonder if they factored in the possibility of her being gravid and searching for suitable nest sites.
Blog text (32) -
But when rain is so infrequent that the little temporary pools dry up, gravid females carry their eggs until heavy rains reflood the sites.
Academic text (1992) -
What I mean to say, damn it, is that the Begum here is pregnant, gravid, heavy with child, and that even when we find ourselves swallowed up in grief over our lost lambs, we discover that here is a bun in the oven after all.
Fiction book (1992) -
Nonetheless, the use of systemic vasoconstrictors should be avoided in the gravid patient with suspected placental insufficiency and in the presence of pregnancy-related hypertension.
Academic text (2003) -
The gravid state results in a gradual decrease in maternal serum albumin, which leads to less protein-drug binding and more free circulating drug, which is the only fraction of a drug that can cross the placenta.
Academic text (2003) -
Her gait was made awkward by her gravid state.
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The gravid female lay quietly as she prepared to give birth to her young.
Synonyms
192
1.1
Pregnant and close to giving birth
26
6.0
Carrying a baby before birth
12
3.8
A woman who will have a baby soon
1
9.9
A woman who is near the time to have a baby
A woman who is pregnant and close to giving birth
Antonyms
Compounds
How Pregnant
4
3.7
- Specialized
1
9.3
12
3.8
∞
1.0
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gravid comes from the Latin root grav-, as in gravity, which means 'heavy'. So gravid describes a female or her body that is 'heavy with young', meaning pregnant or carrying eggs.