What is Prandin? Prandin (repaglinide) is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels by causing the pancreas to produce insulin. Prandin is used together with diet and exercise to treat type 2 diabetes. Other diabetes medicines are sometimes used in combination with Prandin if needed.
Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside female viviparous animals. It is typical for mammals, but also occurs for some non-mammals. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time (multiple gestations). The time interval of a gestation is called the gestation period. In human obstetrics, gestational age refers to the embryonic or fetal age plus two weeks. This is approximately the duration since the woman's last menstrual period (LMP) began. 1 Mammals.
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.