The Developmental Period from Conception to Birth

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Short Answer

The developmental period from conception to birth.

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Definitions:

Symbolic Concerns

Issues or matters that are significant not for their physical impact but for what they represent culturally or emotionally.

Menstrual Cycle

The regular natural change that occurs in the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible, usually lasting about 28 days.

Fertile Phase

The period in a female's menstrual cycle when she is most capable of conceiving a child.

Testosterone

The principal male sex hormone in mammals.