gravida

n. a pregnant woman. The use of a Roman numeral after the term indicates the number of pregnancies a particular woman has undergone (e.g., gravida IV indicates a woman in her fourth pregnancy). In contrast, the term gravid (adj.) is used primarily to describe an egg-laying organism, usually a fish or reptile, when it is carrying eggs. See also multigravida; primigravida.

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July 27th 2024

trinucleotide repeat

a contiguous repetition of the same three nucleotides within a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). The occurrence of extra trinucleotide repeats in certain genes causes dysfunction, inluding Huntington’s disease and fragile X syndrome.