trimester

noun/traɪˈmɛstər/

Frequency rank: #12,201 most common English word

Meaning

one of the three roughly equal periods into which a pregnancy or academic year is divided.

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Example sentence

She had her first ultrasound during the second trimester of her pregnancy.

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