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fetal

[ feet-l ]

adjective

, Embryology.
  1. of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.


fetal

/ ˈfiːtəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a fetus


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Other Words From

  • post·fetal adjective
  • post·foetal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetal1

First recorded in 1735–45; fet(us) + -al 1

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Example Sentences

Physicians there are skilled enough to perform mid-trimester abortions, as well as procedures for women with fetal anomalies.

Their website seems almost exclusively involved with smoking out products and manufacturers that use aborted fetal cell lines.

But she was in one of the 38 states that do have a fetal homicide law.

Some scientists assert there are three times as many cases of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders than FAS cases.

Curled into a fetal position on an outdoor, candle-lit matt in Costa Rica, the 18-year-old trembles in fear.

Even in my fetal state I have, by thy favour, become versed in the Shastras and the Vedas with their several branches.

She is keeping up her own bodily functions, as well as developing her fetal litter.

That opinion is not finally settled as regards the animal after the fetal stage, but it is much stronger as regards embryos.

The allantois becomes a part of the fetal umbilical cord after the formation of the placenta.

Some terata, as the Acephalia, have no brain or spinal cord, but they die in the fetal stage.

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