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1. (n.) fetus
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, esp. in the later stages of development, in humans being after the end of the second month of gestation.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L fētus bringing forth of young)
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1. (noun) fetus, foetus
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
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1. (noun) fetus
an unborn child
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1. (noun) fetus
the young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. fetus
The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.
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