to term

idiom

medical
: to the natural end of a pregnancy
She carried the baby to term.

Examples of to term in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The questionnaires given to new visitors to Sage ask women to disclose prior pregnancies and whether they were carried to term, miscarried or terminated. Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024 Such a move could not only force hundreds of thousands of people to carry an unintended pregnancy to term, but also slam clinics with demand for the surgical procedure. Katie Camero, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024 One particularly harrowing account involves Samantha Casiano, a young Texan who was forced to carry her nonviable pregnancy to term and start a GoFundMe to pay for her dead baby’s funeral. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2024 And no evidence suggests that being allergic to semen has any direct link to infertility or the ability to carry a baby to term. Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for to term 

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“To term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20term. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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