trimester
pronunciation
How to pronounce trimester in British English:
UK [traɪˈmestə(r)]
How to pronounce trimester in American English:
US [traɪˈmɛstɚ, ˈtraɪˌmɛs-]
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- Noun:
- a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
- one of three divisions of an academic year
Word Origin
- trimester (n.)
- 1821, "period of three months," from French trimestre (early 17c.), from Latin trimestris "of three months," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + mensis "month" (see moon (n.)). Specific obstetrics sense is attested from 1916. Related: Trimestrial.
Example
- 1. The trimester ending in april is the mildest .
- 2. The last weeks will all occur within a single magnetic trimester .
- 3. Here is the size of the uterus in the third trimester .
- 4. If you had serious morning sickness during your first trimester you may be dancing in the streets about now .
- 5. In addition , the likelihood of shorter birth length was associated with drinking in any trimester , the study found .