pseudopregnancy
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In late July, the giant panda began sleeping more, eating less, nest building and body licking — behaviors consistent with pregnancy or pseudopregnancy, the zoo said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2020
A hormone spike in a female panda tells scientists that one of two things will happen in 40 to 55 days: She'll either give birth, or experience the end of a pseudopregnancy.
From National Geographic • Aug. 20, 2015
Officials said they couldn’t tell if she was pregnant or experiencing a pseudopregnancy.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2015
Females can experience a "pseudopregnancy" that causes hormone spikes and changes in behavior, such as reduced appetite and mobility - similar to the symptoms of an actual pregnancy.
From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2013
The British Medical Journal reports that a 27-year-old soldier felt so much sympathy for his pregnant wife that he suffered attacks of pseudopregnancy himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
