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.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Fetus

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

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