Definition of fetus

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Fetus (n.) 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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Acardiac :: Acardiac (a.) Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus..
Foetus :: Foetus (n.) Same as Fetus.
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.
Aborticide :: Aborticide (n.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Conceive :: Conceive (v. i.) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..
Quicken :: Quicken (v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb..
Omphalomesenteric :: Omphalomesenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus..
Superfice :: Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.
Chorion :: Chorion (n.) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development..
Afterbirth :: Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery..
Deciduata :: Deciduata (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus..
Fetation :: Fetation (n.) The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
Embryotomy :: Embryotomy (n.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal..
Fetuses :: Fetuses (pl. ) of Fetu.
Stillborn :: Stillbirth (n.) The birth of a dead fetus.
Cephalometer :: Cephalometer (n.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.
Cranioclast :: Cranioclast (n.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases..
Feticide :: Feticide (n.) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.
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