Usually means: Acceleration of fetal movements during pregnancy.
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  1. quickening: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quickening: Merriam-Webster
  3. quickening: Collins English Dictionary
  4. quickening: Vocabulary.com
  5. Quickening, quickening: Wordnik
  6. quickening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. quickening: Wiktionary
  8. quickening: Dictionary.com
  9. quickening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Quickening (Angel), Quickening (Highlander), Quickening (disambiguation), Quickening (medical), Quickening, The Quickening (Kathryn Williams album), The Quickening (disambiguation), The Quickening (series), The Quickening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Quickening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. quickening: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. quickening: Rhymezone
  14. Quickening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. quickening: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. quickening: FreeDictionary.org
  17. quickening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Quickening: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Quickening (medical), quickening: Legal dictionary

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  1. quickening: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. quickening: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Quickening: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  7. Quickening (medical), quickening: Medical dictionary
  8. Quickening: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quickening: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Quickening: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See quicken as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An increase of speed.
noun:  The action of bringing someone or something to life.
noun:  The first noticeable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
noun:  Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).

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