pseudopregnancy noun. [sju:dǝ(ʊ)'prɛgnǝnsi] M19.
[from PSEUDO- + PREGNANCY.]
1. Medicine. An abnormal condition in which signs of pregnancy such as amenorrhoea, nausea, and abdominal swelling are present in a woman who is not pregnant. M19.

2. Zoology. A state marked by changes in the reproductive organs and mammary glands similar to those of early pregnancy, occurring in many female mammals after ovulation when fertilization has not occurred. E20.

■ pseudo'pregnant adjective of, in, or characteristic of the state of pseudopregnancy E20.

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