Which term means being pregnant?

• A. Pregnant
• B. Expectant
• C. Enceinte
• D. Gravid

Answer: (D)

In medical terminology, the word that specifically denotes being pregnant is gravid. It comes from Latin gravis, and in obstetrics is used to describe the current pregnancy status on charts and in notes. You’ll often see related terms like gravida to refer to the number of pregnancies a patient has had, but the adjective gravid is the precise way to say someone is pregnant.

The other options are more general or less standard in English medical practice: pregnant is the everyday term, expectant describes someone awaiting delivery rather than the clinical state, enceinte is a borrowed French word not routinely used in English medical documentation, and gravida refers to pregnancy history rather than the present state, making gravid the best fit for the current pregnancy.