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Definition of Trimester
1. Noun. A period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided.
Group relationships: Gestation, Gestation Period
Specialized synonyms: First Trimester, Second Trimester, Third Trimester
2. Noun. One of three divisions of an academic year.
Generic synonyms: Academic Session, Academic Term, School Term, Session
Definition of Trimester
1. n. A term or period of three months.
Definition of Trimester
1. Noun. A period of three months or about three months. ¹
2. Noun. One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trimester
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trimester
1. A period of 3 months; one-third of the length of a pregnancy. Origin: L. Trimestris, of three-month duration (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trimester
Literary usage of Trimester
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1870)
"Winter trimester.—Higher mathematics, and optional studies in the ... Winter
trimester.—The English language and literature ; geometry ; history, and Latin. ..."
2. Gulf War And Health by Carolyn Fulco, Institute of Medicine (2005)
"After adjustment for sex, birth order, maternal age, parental education level,
and gestational age, first-trimester CO and ..."
3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"The number of normal babies born in each trimester would be expected to be related
inversely to the number of deformed babies. This, however, is not the ..."
4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1870)
"Spring trimester.—Optional studies in the modern languages, ... Winter
trimester.—Chemistry; the English language and literature; French; physics, and, ..."
5. Notes on obstetrics for the junior and senior classes, Northwestern by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1904)
"SIGNS OF THE THIRD trimester. No new signs develop. Menses still absent. ...
Palpation of fetal parts is plain, and toward the end of this trimester is like ..."
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