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gravid
(gravid)
Pronunciation:
/ˈgravɪd/
adjective
1
technical
carrying eggs or young; pregnant:
the retroverted gravid uterus
2
full of meaning or a specified quality:
the scene is gravid with unease
Origin:
late 16th century
: from Latin
gravidus
'laden, pregnant', from
gravis
'heavy'
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