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means A period of three months, especially one of the three divisions of a pregnancy or an academic year.
from From Latin trimestris, 'of three months,' built from tri- 'three' and mensis 'month' — the same mensis that lurks in 'menstrual' and is a cousin of the Moon-words across Indo-European languages, since early calendars counted time by lunar cycles. It entered English by way of French trimestre, first describing spans of the year before doctors borrowed it to carve up pregnancy.
- first act
- all major organs form before most bumps show
- second act
- baby can hear voices and develops fingerprints
- third act
- brain triples in size before birth
- latin root
- means a period of three months
- not just pregnancy
- colleges borrowed the word for school terms
first trimester — pregnancy weeks 1-13, when morning sickness and organ development occur
second trimester — pregnancy weeks 14-27, when fetal movement becomes visible
third trimester — pregnancy weeks 28-40, when the fetus gains most weight and labor approaches