| Descriptor English: | Pregnancy |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Embarazo |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Gravidez |
| Descriptor French: | Grossesse |
| Entry term(s): |
Gestation Pregnancies |
| Tree number(s): |
G08.686.784.769 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011247 |
| Scope note: | The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. |
| Annotation: | IM for articles on normal pregnancy, NIM as check tag; in children or adolescents, see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; surrogate pregnancy = SURROGATE MOTHERS; for "pregnancy" in non-placental organisms (fish, reptiles, monotremes for example): use OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; or VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid DE drug effects EH ethnology ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology ME metabolism PH physiology PX psychology RE radiation effects SN statistics & numerical data UR urine |
| Entry Combination: |
complications:Pregnancy Complications
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1963 |
| History Note: | 1963 |
| Entry Version: | PREGN |
| Related: |
Litter Size
MeSH Maternal-Fetal Relations MeSH Pregnant Women MeSH Prenatal Care MeSH Pseudopregnancy MeSH |
| DeCS ID: | 22261 |
| Unique ID: | D011247 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/17 |
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Pregnancy
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| Concept UI |
M0017471 |
| Scope note | The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. |
| Preferred term | Pregnancy |
| Entry term(s) |
Gestation Pregnancies |
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