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tri·mes·ter

(trī-mĕs′tər, trī′mĕs′-)

1. A period or term of three months.

2. One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities and colleges.

[French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris, trimēnstris, of three months : tri-, tri- + mēnsis, month; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]

tri·mes′tral (-trəl), tri·mes′tri·al (-trē-əl) adj.

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trimester

(traɪˈmɛstə)

1. a period of three months

2. (Education) (in some US and Canadian universities or schools) any of the three academic sessions

[C19: from French trimestre, from Latin trimēstris of three months, from tri- + mēnsis month]

triˈmestral, triˈmestrial adj

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tri•mes•ter

(traɪˈmɛs tər, ˈtraɪ mɛs-)

n.

1. a term or period of three months: the first trimester of pregnancy.

2. one of the three approximately equal terms into which the academic year is divided.

[1815–25; < French trimestre < Latin trimē(n)stris of three months]

trimester

Any of three parts that the academic year is divided into in some colleges and universities.

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Noun	1.	trimester - a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" gestation, gestation period - the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) first trimester - time period extending from the first day of the last menstrual period through 12 weeks of gestation second trimester - time period extending from the 13th to the 27th week of gestation third trimester - time period extending from the 28th week of gestation until delivery
	2.	trimester - one of three divisions of an academic year academic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying academic session, academic term, school term, session - the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"

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Trimester

τρίμηνο

trimestre

kolmanneskolmekuukautisjaksolukukausi

trimestre

trimester

[trɪˈmestəʳ] N → trimestre m

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trimester

n → Trimester nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tri·mes·ter

n. trimestre, tres meses.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

trimester

n trimestre m trimethoprim n trimetoprim m, trimetoprima (INN)

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It is also recommended to gain between 0.5 and 2 kg during the 1st trimester. [4] In the 2nd trimester, underweight women should gain 0.5 kg each week of pregnancy, normal women 0.4 kg/week, overweight women 0.3 kg/week, and obese women 0.2 kg/week.

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We estimated the associations between a pregnant mother's average exposure to [PM.sub.10] in each trimester of her pregnancy and three perinatal outcomes: PTB, BW, and LBW.

Exposures to particulate matter from the eruptions of the Puyehue volcano and birth outcomes in Montevideo, Uruguay

Therefore, a code from O22.4_ (a final digit of 0 [unspecified], 1, 2, or 3 is required for the trimester) also can be reported if hemorrhoids are present.