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GESTATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to gestation
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
Derivation:
gestation (the conception and development of an idea or plan)
gestation (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
gestation (the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans))
Context examples:
Pregnant women can also get diabetes, called gestational diabetes.
(Diabetes, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes.
(Diabetes and Pregnancy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Most gestational trophoblastic diseases are benign (not cancer) and do not spread, but some types are malignant (cancer) and spread to nearby tissues or other parts of the body.
(Gestational trophoblastic disease, NCI Dictionary)
The prognosis of germ cell derived choriocarcinoma is less favorable and requires more aggressive chemotherapy treatment regimens compared to gestational choriocarcinoma.
(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The granulosa cells extend cytoplasmic processes to form gestational gap-junction-like unions with the plasma membrane of the oocyte.
(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of cisplatin, etoposide, bleomycin and dactinomycin (Actinomycin-D), used for the treatment of poor-prognosis metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT).
(PEBA Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare gestational trophoblastic tumor characterized by the presence of a diffuse cellular infiltrate composed of intermediate trophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts and by the absense of a significant population of syncytiotrophoblasts.
(Placental-Site Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It is the rarest form of gestational choriocarcinoma.
(Placental Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A gestational trophoblastic tumor which has not metastasized to other anatomic sites.
(Non-Metastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The prognosis is less favorable than gestational choriocarcinoma.
(Non-Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
