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foetus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fetus.
   alt of fetus
   • Amongst professional men, who have examined this singular foetus, a variety of opinions and conjectures have been formed, some of which it maybe well to notice. 1815, Nathaniel Highmore, Case of a Foetus Found in the Abdomen of a Young Man:
   • After 20 weeks, two medical doctors from a ministerially appointed panel of at least six must agree the pregnant woman or foetus has a severe medical condition. 2018 September 13, Erica Miller, “Where Australia stands on abortion”, in CNN:
   • During the last 10 weeks in utero the foetus stores very considerable amounts of energy in the form of fat. 1990, James M. Tanner, Foetus Into Man: Physical Growth from Conception to Maturity, →ISBN, page 40:
   • The foetus gains all its food and oxygen from the mother during pregnancy. 2006, Denise Walker, Reproduction, Breathing and Health, →ISBN, page 23:
   • But there were clues in their reproduction: all afrotherians have unusual placentas and produce more foetuses than can be nurtured in the womb. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 59:

Forms

Deriveds

foeticide · foetology · foetal · foeticidal

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