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Word: Fetus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin fetus ‘pregnancy, childbirth, offspring’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfiːtəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception
Short Definition:unborn or unhatched offspring of mammal
Examples:- adequate folic acid is important for the developing fetus
Variant Forms:
- foetus
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