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pseu·do·preg·nan·cy

(so͞o′dō-prĕg′nən-sē)

n. pl. pseu·do·preg·nan·cies

2. A condition resembling pregnancy that occurs in some mammals, marked by persistence of the corpus luteum and usually following infertile copulation.

pseu′do·preg′nant adj.

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pseudopregnancy

(ˈsjuːdəʊˌprɛɡnənsɪ)

(Veterinary Science) another name for phantom pregnancy

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false′ preg′nancy

the appearance of physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.

[1880–85]

Translations

pseudopregnancy

n (Med) → Scheinschwangerschaft f

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pseu·do·preg·nan·cy

n. embarazo falso o imaginario.

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Extensive studies have established that female mice have regular ovarian cycles when living alone, but in groups exchange pheromones that prolong the lifespan of the corpus luteum, resulting in long progesterone dominant cycles, if not pseudopregnancies (Lee-Boot Effect; Lee & van der Boot, 1955).

Efectos del estres psicologico y de las condiciones de alojamiento en el retraso en la cicatrizacion de heridas

2000); the appearance of mammary gland tumors; a disruption of regular ovarian cycles; and the induction of pseudopregnancies (Cooper et al.

Sustained exposure to the widely used herbicide atrazine: altered function and loss of neurons in brain monoamine systems

A recent report out of Iowa found that hog producers who were feeding their animals a diet of Bt corn were having "mysterious pseudopregnancies." The likely suspect is a mycotoxin, but when the hogs were taken off the Bt corn they returned to normal reproduction.