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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
  • The act of conceiving.
  • The fertilization of a human ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
  • The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
  • 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.
  • The start of pregnancy.
  • The state of being conceived; the beginning.

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