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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
trimester
noun
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▪ Abortions after the first trimester cost considerably more than those within the first twelve weeks.
▪ As pregnancy progresses, the placenta secretes more progesterone which peaks midway into the third trimester and then levels off.
▪ Athletes who have trained normally through the first two trimesters have delivered normal babies. 4.
▪ Coelocentesis may be suitable for prenatal diagnosis in the first trimester.
▪ Preeclampsia is a potentially fatal condition that usually strikes in the last trimester of pregnancy.
▪ She may even concede that hospitalisation is best, at least for the last trimester.
▪ Somehow, even the dumbest pregnancy cliches seem appealing in your second trimester.
▪ They also observed a maternal hypoglycaemic response in their subjects in the third trimester.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trimester

Trimester \Tri*mes"ter\, n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri- (see Tri-) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.] A term or period of three months.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trimester

1821, "period of three months," from French trimestre (early 17c.), from Latin trimestris "of three months," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + mensis "month" (see moon (n.)). Specific obstetrics sense is attested from 1916. Related: Trimestrial.

Wiktionary
trimester

n. 1 A period of three months or about three months. 2 One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.

WordNet
trimester
  1. n. a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided

  2. one of three divisions of an academic year

Wikipedia
Trimester

Trimester or Trimestre may refer to:

  • Academic term, a trimester system divides the academic year into three terms
  • Human pregnancy, which is frequently divided into three terms of about three months each to refer to the fetus's development
  • A period of three months (Latin tri +mensis=month or moon) In Europe, where financial years start on Jan 1 each year, often Jan+Feb+Mar etc.

Usage examples of "trimester".

He did once mention that he felt she should suspend her operations at the Yard in the last trimester of her pregnancy.

Blackmun constructed a hyper-technical trimester analysis to break down the rights of the mother and the state.

The trade-offs inherent in the trimester system smack of the bargaining and dealing that legislators engage in to pass a highway construction bill.

She continued her healthy regime and lab work until her third trimester, when she flew to the UP to join Albert and Anne at New Wilderness.

The girls were impregnated in August, and would spend the first trimester at the Biotech Center.

Every poll shows that Americans are sharply divided on the issue, regarding it as deeply troubling ethically and morally, and that while a majority support the right to legal abortion in the first trimester, large segments of the population favor important restrictions on the procedure.

During the first trimester of newly wedded bliss, I had the opportunity to meet two of his other wives.

Co her to remember that she had now entered the third trimester of her pregnancy.

Though by now she was into her third trimester and not as comfortable or blooming as she had been during her second, her own needs did not matter.

Chicago was on the trimester system, so its academic year ran longer than that of the University of Pennsylvania.

Not a single Herod’s fetus has gone to full term, hi fact, yesterday, we were told by scientists working with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that not only are these second-stage fetuses subject to first trimester rejection at a catastrophic rate, but that they are especially vulnerable to virtually every known herpes virus, including Epstein-Barr.

It permits abortion at the request of the woman without restriction in the first trimester and, with some restrictions intended to protect her health, in the second trimester.

An autopsy was performed at Northside Hospital, and one of our pathologists found she was in her first trimester.

She knew fatigue was extremely common in the first trimester, so her constant need of sleep didn’.

She spent a lot more time sleeping, which Doc reminded her was a normal part of the first trimester.