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Gestation
Gestation: the period of carrying developing young inside a parent's body, from fertilization to birth. Also called pregnancy or viviparity; evolved over 150 times in vertebrates, once in mammals, with length shaped by body mass, lifespan, and ecology.
Gestational age
Gestational age (GA) measures pregnancy progress in weeks and days from the last menstrual period, not conception; standard 280 days, dated by Naegele's rule or first-trimester crown-rump length ultrasound, most accurate before 14 weeks.
Gestational carrier treatment
Gestational carrier treatment is the clinical management of an IVF cycle in which embryos are transferred to a carrier with no genetic link to the child.
Gestational choriocarcinoma
Gestational choriocarcinoma, also called GC or GCC, is a malignant pregnancy-related trophoblastic tumor marked by early vascular invasion, lung metastasis, β-hCG secretion, and high cure rates with chemotherapy.
Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is diabetes first diagnosed during pregnancy, affecting 5-9% of U.S. pregnancies. Screened at 24-28 weeks by OGCT/OGTT; treated with diet, exercise, insulin; raises later type 2 diabetes risk.
Gestational hypertension
Gestational hypertension, also called pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), is new-onset BP ≥140/90 mm Hg after 20 weeks of pregnancy without proteinuria; it is temporary, may evolve into preeclampsia, and predicts later hypertension.
Gestational sac
Gestational sac: the fluid-filled chorionic sac in the uterus surrounding the embryo and yolk sac; first ultrasound sign of pregnancy, visible ~5 weeks, grows ~1 mm/day, used in viability and miscarriage criteria.
Gestingthorpe
Gestingthorpe, a village in Braintree district, Essex, England, site of the Hill Farm Roman villa, a scheduled monument excavated by Harold Cooper from 1949 to 1975, with Domesday and medieval history.
Gestodene
Gestodene (GSD), a third-generation synthetic progestin developed by Schering, used with ethinylestradiol in combined oral contraceptives such as Femodene and Millinette; most potent progestin per weight, 75 mcg dose, VTE risk about 50-80% higher than levonorgestrel pills, not US-approved.
Gesture
Gesture: visible bodily movement used as or with utterances, spanning co-speech gesticulation, emblems, and sign. Integrated with speech in timing and meaning, predicts language development, engages Broca's and Wernicke's areas, and varies culturally.
Gesture recognition
Gesture recognition is the interpretation of human motions by a computing device, where sensors capture movement and software classifies it as a meaningful gesture, mainly for human-robot interaction.
Gesu Daraz
Gesu Daraz (گیسو دراز), popularly known as Banda Nawaz, was a Chishti Sufi master of Delhi origin who became the leading religious figure of the Bahmani Sultanate.
Gesu Han
Geshu Han (哥舒翰) was a Tang dynasty general who captured the Tibetan fortress of Shibaocheng and died in 757 in rebel custody after Tong Pass fell during the An Lushan rebellion.
Gesu no Kiwami Otome.
Gesu no Kiwami Otome. is a four-member Japanese band formed in 2012 by Enon Kawatani of indigo la End, with a sound blending progressive rock, hip hop, and pop.
Gesualdo Bufalino
Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996) was an Italian novelist, poet, and essayist from Comiso, Sicily, who published his first novel, Diceria dell'untore, in 1981 and later won the Strega Prize for Le menzogne della notte.
Get (גט) (divorce document)
A get, also spelled Ghet (גט), is the formal bill of divorce in Jewish law, written by a scribe and delivered by the husband to his wife.
Get a Clue
Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Maggie Greenwald, starring Lindsay Lohan as teen sleuth Lexy Gold, who investigates her teacher's disappearance; 83 minutes, TV-G, premiered June 28, 2002.
Get a Grip
Get a Grip is Aerosmith's eleventh studio album (Geffen, April 20, 1993), produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Their first US No. 1 album, about 20 million sold, 7x Platinum, with singles Cryin', Amazing, Crazy, and Livin' on the Edge.
Get a Job (2016 film)
Get a Job is a 2016 American comedy directed by Dylan Kidd, starring Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, and Bryan Cranston as graduates and a downsized father facing a weak job market; shot in 2012, shelved, released 2016 to 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Get Away (film)
Get Away (2024) is a Finnish-British comedy-horror film directed by Steffen Haars, written by and starring Nick Frost with Aisling Bea, about a family's holiday on the fictional Swedish island of Svalta turning into folk-horror carnage; released by IFC Films and Sky Cinema.
Get Back
Get Back, Beatles song written by Paul McCartney (credited Lennon-McCartney), released 11 April 1969 as 'The Beatles with Billy Preston' with 'Don't Let Me Down', their only guest-credited single; number one in nine countries; different Phil Spector mix closes Let It Be.
Get Behind Me Satan
Get Behind Me Satan (2005) is The White Stripes' fifth studio album, recorded in two weeks on Jack White's Detroit home stairway, expanding the duo's sound with piano, marimba, mandolin, and bells; it scored 81 on Metacritic, debuted Top 3 in four countries, and won a second consecutive Grammy for Best Alternative Album.
Get Born
Get Born is the 2003 debut album by Australian garage rock band Jet, also called its Japanese title Get Born, produced by Dave Sardy in Los Angeles; it spawned "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", sold millions, and went 10x Platinum in Australia.
Get Carter
Get Carter (1971) is Mike Hodges's British gangster thriller, his feature debut, adapted from Ted Lewis's novel Jack's Return Home. Michael Caine plays London enforcer Jack Carter, who returns to Newcastle to avenge his brother's death; it influenced later British crime films and was remade in 2000 with Stallone.
Get Carter (2000 film)
Get Carter (2000) is Stephen Kay's remake of the 1971 British crime classic, starring Sylvester Stallone as Vegas enforcer Jack Carter investigating his brother's death in Seattle, with Michael Caine in a supporting role; critically panned at 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Get enforcement analogues for Islamic divorce
Get enforcement analogs are civil statutory laws that pressure a spouse to remove religious barriers to the other's remarriage, developed around the Jewish get and applicable to the Islamic talaq.
Get Even
Get Even is a 2020 British teen mystery drama created by Holly Phillips, adapted from Gretchen McNeil's Don't Get Mad novel; ten 30-minute episodes on BBC iPlayer and Netflix, following the secret society DGM at Bannerman school after a murder.
Get Hard
Get Hard is a 2015 American comedy directed by Etan Cohen, starring Will Ferrell as a hedge fund manager hiring Kevin Hart to prepare him for prison.
Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek is a 2010 American comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller, in which Jonah Hill escorts erratic rock star Russell Brand to a comeback concert.
Get It On (T. Rex song)
"Get It On" (US: "Bang a Gong (Get It On)") is a 1971 T. Rex single written by Marc Bolan and produced by Tony Visconti, released 2 July 1971; it was the band's second UK No. 1 and reached No. 10 in the US in 1972.