Fetus Definition

fētəs
fetuses
noun
fetuses
The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
American Heritage Medicine
An unborn offspring of a vertebrate animal that is still in the uterus or egg, esp. in its later stages and specif., in humans, from about the eighth week after conception until birth.
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Noun

Singular:
fetus
Plural:
fetuses

Origin of Fetus

  • Middle English from Latin fētus offspring dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fētus (“offspring”).

    From Wiktionary

Fetus Sentence Examples

  • He thought of Edith Shipton, impregnated by a man she hated and who seemed not to have wanted an intrusive fetus invading her life.

  • The biggest part of the fetus's body is usually its head.

  • Women who have become infected six months or more before conception do not pass the infection on to their fetus, because the organism has become dormant (inactive) and formed thick-walled cysts in muscle and other tissues of the body.

  • Seeing him curled up in a fetus position really unnerved me.

  • From the third month to the point of delivery, the individual is called a fetus.

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