The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature
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Gravid — Grav id, a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See {Grave}, a.] Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety; of animals as well as people. His gravid associate. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gravid — gravid:⇨schwanger(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
gravid — GRAVÍD adj., s. f. (femeie) însărcinată. (< fr. gravide, lat. gravida) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
gravid — pregnant, 1590s, from L. gravidus loaded; pregnant, from gravis burdened, heavy (see GRAVE (Cf. grave) (adj.)). Gravidation pregnancy is attested from mid 15c … Etymology dictionary
gravid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) technical pregnant. 2) literary full of meaning or a specified quality. ORIGIN Latin gravidus laden, pregnant … English terms dictionary
gravid — [grav′id] adj. [L gravidus < gravis, heavy: see GRAVE1] pregnant gravidity [grə vid′i tē] n … English World dictionary
gravid — n. [L. gravidus, pregnant] Containing an egg or eggs, as a gravid pinworm, or gravid proglottid of a tapeworm … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gravid — adjective Etymology: Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy Date: 1597 1. pregnant 2. distended with or full of eggs < a gravid fish > • gravidity noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
gravid — ein Kind erwartend; schwanger; trächtig (bei Säugetieren); im [1. 9.] Monat * * * gra|vid 〈[ vi:d] Adj.; Med.〉 schwanger [<lat. gravidus „schwanger“; zu gravis „schwe … Universal-Lexikon
gravid — Carrying developing young or eggs … Fisheries — dictionary
