pregnancy test

noun

: a medical test to see if a woman is pregnant

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The Apollo mission’s chips were less powerful than those currently inside a digital pregnancy test. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Every subsequent pregnancy test became associated with fear, not excitement. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026 The next month, Yu Yu texted Rogers with a picture of her pregnancy test. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 One picture in the announcement included a snap of a baby onesie, a positive pregnancy test and a sonogram strip. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pregnancy test

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pregnancy test

noun
: a physiological test to determine the existence of pregnancy in an individual
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