Pseudopregnancy

**Definition:** An acyclic state that resembles PREGNANCY in that there is no ovarian cycle, ESTROUS CYCLE, or MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Unlike pregnancy, there is no EMBRYO IMPLANTATION. Pseudopregnancy can be experimentally induced to form DECIDUOMA in the UTERUS.

**Tree numbers:** - G08.686.784.769.887

**Synonyms:** - Pseudocyesis