gestation

About 2.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
2. noun The process of development of a plan or idea.

Similar words

gestation period pregnancy childbearing birth conception reproduction brewing weight pipeline offspring

Often followed by

period and is of in periods or to the

Word family

gestation period gestational gestations