pseudopregnancy
noun
pseu·do·preg·nan·cy
ˌsü-dō-ˈpreg-nən(t)-sē 
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2
: an anestrous state resembling pregnancy that occurs in various mammals usually after an infertile copulation
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As a result, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, headquartered in Front Royal, Virginia, became a leader in giant panda estrus, breeding, pregnancy, pseudopregnancy and cub development.
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Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2020
The panda had been experiencing a pseudopregnancy — where a panda has behavioral and hormonal reactions that mimic an actual pregnancy — over the past several months, officials said.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
The National Zoo should know by the end of August whether panda Mei Xiang is experiencing pregnancy or pseudopregnancy.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2019
Some species, however, go through a strange phase called a pseudopregnancy, which looks just like a real pregnancy except there is no fetus.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
A panda that is undergoing a pseudopregnancy does everything pregnant pandas do.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2017
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Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2020
The panda had been experiencing a pseudopregnancy — where a panda has behavioral and hormonal reactions that mimic an actual pregnancy — over the past several months, officials said.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
The National Zoo should know by the end of August whether panda Mei Xiang is experiencing pregnancy or pseudopregnancy.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2019
Some species, however, go through a strange phase called a pseudopregnancy, which looks just like a real pregnancy except there is no fetus.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
A panda that is undergoing a pseudopregnancy does everything pregnant pandas do.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2017
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pseudopregnancy
noun
pseu·do·preg·nan·cy
ˌsüd-ō-ˈpreg-nən-sē
plural pseudopregnancies
: a condition which resembles pregnancy: as
a
b
: an anestrous state resembling pregnancy that occurs in various mammals usually after an infertile copulation
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