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cyesis

[sahy-ee-sis]

noun

plural

cyeses 
  1. pregnancy.



cyesis

/ ɪˈːɪ /

noun

  1. med the technical name for pregnancy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • cyetic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyesis1

< New Latin < Greek ýŧ pregnancy, equivalent to ŧ- (variant stem of î to be pregnant) + -sis -sis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyesis1

from Greek ŧ
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Most U.S. school systems until recently had a blunt but simple way to deal with the girl who became pregnant: she was kicked out, sometimes with a cryptic note on her record that "cyesis" or "glandular imbalance" was the cause.

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