Bowman's capsule the globular dilatation forming the beginning of a renal tubule and surrounding the glomerulus. Called also glomerular capsule and malpighian capsule.c's of the brain two layers of white matter in the substance of the brain; external capsule and internal capsule.lso called glomerular capsule. A double-walled rounded dilation that ensheaths the urinary tubule and the glomerulus, which has an inner (visceral) layer, formally the capsular epithelium, and an outer (parietal) layer, formally, the glomerular epithelium.
The gestation period of a human, from time of conception to birth is approximately 9 months (266 days/38 Weeks). 9.5 months is calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period (280 days/40 Weeks).
2. gestation-the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. maternity, pregnancy. fetal movement, foetal movement-motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy).estation. n. 1. (Zoology). a. the development of the embryo of a viviparous mammal, between conception and birth: about 266 days in humans, 624 days in elephants, and 63 days in cats. b. (as modifier): gestation period.