to term

idiom

medical
: to the natural end of a pregnancy
She carried the baby to term.

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In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term More than a dozen medical experts who reviewed the medical records told ProPublica that her death was preventable. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024 If a pregnancy results and continues to term, the baby is delivered via a cesarean section. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024 Bella chose to bring a pregnancy to term that killed her, so that’s kind of impossible to chart. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024 The questionnaires given to new visitors to Sage ask women to disclose prior pregnancies and whether they were carried to term, miscarried or terminated. Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for to term 

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“To term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20term. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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