For nurse practitioners, the average number of years in practice decreased from 9.3 in 2012 to 8.9 in 2013, indicating an increasing number of new graduates entering the profession. For physician assistants, that number dropped from 12.37 years in 2012 to 11.97 in 2013, a 3.23% decrease.
â¢ GESTATION (noun). The noun GESTATION has 3 senses: 1. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans). 2. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. 3. the conception and development of an idea or plan.
Of, relating to, or having the nature of a germ cell. 2. Of, relating to, or occurring in the earliest stage of development: was active in the germinal stages of the space program. [French, from Latin germen, germin-, sprout, bud; see genÉ-in Indo-European roots.] gerâ²miÂ·nalÂ·ly adv. germinal (ËdÊÉËmÉªnÉl) adj. 1. (Pathology) of, relating to, or like germs or a germ cell. 2. of, or in the earliest stage of development; embryonic [C19: from New Latin germinÄlis, from Latin germen bud; see germ] Ëgerminally adv. Germinal (ÊÉrminal) n (Historical Terms) the month of buds: the seventh month of the French revolutionary calendar, from March 22 to April 20. gerâ¢miâ¢nal (ËdÊÉr mÉ nl) adj. 1. being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas. 2. of or pertaining to a germ or germs. 3. of the nature of a germ or germ cell.