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Definition of Gestatory
1. a. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
Definition of Gestatory
1. Adjective. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Capable of being carried or worn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gestatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gestatory
Literary usage of Gestatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory and Practice of Obstetrics Including Diseases of Pregnancy and by Pierre Cazeaux, Stéphane Tarnier (1889)
"afflux of fluids towards the gestatory organ, has been at all times considered
as predis]X)sing the woman to hemorrhage; such, for instance, as fatigue, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The crowns and garlands of the ancients were either gestatory, such as they wore
about their liea,Is anil ..."
3. The Training of Children, Or, How to Have Them Healthy, Handsome and Happy by James Caleb Jackson (1872)
"Nature dwells out-of-doors. Art lives in temples made with hands. Nature is the
greater of the two. gestatory women would do much better to live in the open ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"The gestatory period of the higher selfhood had passed, and the moral freedom of
choice and of possible voluntary character came to light. ..."
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