Est-ce que is the inversion of c'est que, literally, it is that.. That's why a hyphen is required between est and ce: c'est = ce + est which are inverted to est-ce. For the variations qu'est-ce qui and qui est-ce qui, see my lesson on interrogative pronouns. More. Asking questions in French. French interrogatives. Expressions with Ãªtre. Most common French phrases. Article.
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand IUP in the field in general and in the Medical terminology in particular. intrauterine pregnancy.
Monotremes are oviparous and altricial. Marsupials are viviparous and altricial. Placentals are viviparous and precocial. (Oviparous means egg-laying, viviparous means live birth. Altricial means born at an early stage of development, precocial means born at a late stage of development.)