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• n  an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
• n  the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
• n  the event that occurred at the beginning of something
• n  the creation of something in the mind

• Complete abortion: All of the products of conception exit the body; Incomplete abortion: Only some of the products of conception exit the body; Inevitable abortion: The symptoms cannot .
• The Democratic vice-presidential nominee enunciates his view that life begins at conception.
• The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, shows a link between higher energy intake around the time of conception and the birth .

• concept
• construct
• creation
• invention
• innovation
• excogitation
• design

• misconception

News & Articles

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• Mound battle -Immaculate Conception beat Eastern Christian, 1-0, in high school softball action on May 31
  Immaculate Conception of Lodi beat Eastern Christian High School, 1-0, in state high school playoff action on May 31. (Above) Immaculate Conception’s Sarah Piening throws a pitch.
  June 13, 2013 - The Montclair Times
• Family mourns Highland Park man killed in Highwood
  Relatives of Colin Nutter, the 20-year-old killed last week on the North Shore, were still reeling with grief this morning as they embraced friends and family at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park for an hour-long visitation before a funeral mass.        
  June 13, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• Immaculate Conception, Holy Saviour each file appeal to mergers
  LOWER CHICHESTER — Holy Saviour and Immaculate Conception of Lourdes parishioners are not taking the closing of their parishes lightly, and both congregations have filed appeals with the archdiocese of Philadelphia.
  June 11, 2013 - Delaware County Daily Times

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in International Herald Tribune
  The Vatican released remarks made by the pope to Pelosi at a closed-door meeting Wednesday, saying Benedict spoke of the church's teaching "on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death."
• Barack Obama in ABC News
  If it hasn't been for Selma, I wouldn't be here,Obama said. "This is the site of my conception. I am the fruits of your labor. I am the offspring of the movement. When people ask me if I've been to Selma before, I tell them I'm coming...
• Roger Moore in Washington Post
  All of those parts were very, very different to one's conception of Bond ...... I thought he was absolutely marvelous,Moore said of Craig's acting in "Casino Royale."