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      conception
      noun
      The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
      The start of pregnancy.
      The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
      The act of conceiving.
      The state of being conceived; the beginning.
      The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
      An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
      Roots
      capiocept- · Latin · take, seize
      Synonyms for conception
      conceivingvconceptncreationnconceptualizationndesignninventionnnotionnbirthnideationnidean
      Words related to conception
      reconceptionnreconceiveadjfecundationnpreconceivevfetationnconceivedvgestationnconceptionaladjgestatevconceivernconceivesvpregnancynenwombconceptualizingvparturitionnchildbearingninfusionismnprocreationnsuperfecundationnfertilizationnconceptualizedvnascencengraviditynprocreationalmiscarriagengestationaladjnascencynfetusnovulationnwombn

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