Definition of Cyesis

1. Noun. (medicine rare) Pregnancy. ¹

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Definition of Cyesis

1. pregnancy [n CYESES] - See also: pregnancy

Medical Definition of Cyesis

1. An obsolete term for pregnancy. Origin: G. Kyesis (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyesis

cyclus
cycluses
cycrimine
cycrimine hydrochloride
cyder
cydere
cyderes
cyders
cydippid
cydippids
cydonin
cyen
cyence
cyens
cyeses
cyesis (current term)
cyfluthrin
cygnet
cygnets
cygnine
cyhalothrin
cyheptamide
cyle
cylices
cylinder
cylinder-head-sector
cylinder block
cylinder function
cylinder functions
cylinder head

Literary usage of Cyesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clinical lectures on diseases of women by Sir James Young Simpson (1863)
"Perhaps the descriptive designation proposed by Dr. Good of pseudo-cyesis would save sometimes the practitioner from difficulty—when hard pressed as we ..."

2. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"A remarkable instance of pseudo-cyesis symptomatic of insanity is ... We must not forget, however, that pseudo-cyesis is not limited to the climacteric. ..."

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