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pregnancy test

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a piece of test equipment that determines whether a woman, or by extension, a female animal is pregnant

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A modern pregnancy test looks for human chorionic gonadotropin to determine whether a woman is pregnant.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a physiological test to determine whether a woman is pregnant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bioassay, bio-assay

Narrower terms: Friedman test, rabbit test

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: hamiləlik testi — a piece of test equipment
  • Bulgarian: тест за бременност (test za bremennost) — a piece of test equipment
  • Catalan: test d'embaràs — a piece of test equipment
  • Chinese Cantonese: 驗孕棒 /验孕棒 (jim6 jan6 paang5) — a piece of test equipment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驗孕棒 /验孕棒 (yànyùnbàng) — a piece of test equipment
  • Czech: těhotenský test — a piece of test equipment
  • Danish: graviditetstest — a piece of test equipment
  • Dutch: zwangerschapstest — a piece of test equipment
  • Esperanto: gravedeca testo — a piece of test equipment
  • Estonian: rasedustest — a piece of test equipment
  • Finnish: raskaustesti — a piece of test equipment
  • French: test de grossesse — a piece of test equipment
  • German: Schwangerschaftstest — a piece of test equipment
  • Greek: τεστ εγκυμοσύνης (test egkymosýnis) — a piece of test equipment
  • Hebrew: בדיקת היריון — a piece of test equipment
  • Hungarian: terhességi teszt — a piece of test equipment
  • Icelandic: þungunarpróf — a piece of test equipment
  • Indonesian: uji kehamilan — a piece of test equipment
  • Italian: test di gravidanza — a piece of test equipment
  • Japanese: 妊娠検査薬 (ninshin kensa yaku) — a piece of test equipment
  • Korean: 임신 진단 검사 (imsin jindan geomsa) — a piece of test equipment
  • Macedonian: тест за бременост (test za bremenost) — a piece of test equipment
  • Mongolian: жирэмсний тест (žiremsnii test) — a piece of test equipment
  • Polish: test ciążowy — a piece of test equipment
  • Portuguese: teste de gravidez — a piece of test equipment
  • Romanian: test de sarcină — a piece of test equipment
  • Russian: тест на бере́менность (test na berémennostʹ) — a piece of test equipment
  • Slovak: tehotenský test — a piece of test equipment
  • Slovene: test noséčnosti — a piece of test equipment
  • Spanish: prueba de embarazo — a piece of test equipment
  • Swedish: graviditetstest — a piece of test equipment
  • Tamil: கருத்தரிப்பு ஆய்வு (karuttarippu āyvu) — a piece of test equipment
  • Turkish: hamilelik testi — a piece of test equipment
  • Turkish: gebelik testi — a piece of test equipment
  • Ukrainian: тест на вагітність (test na vahitnistʹ) — a piece of test equipment