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foe·tus

(fē′təs)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of fetus.

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foetus

(ˈfiːtəs)

n, pl -tuses

(Biology) a variant spelling of fetus

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fe•tus

(ˈfi təs)

n., pl. -tus•es.

(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, esp. in the later stages of development, in humans being after the end of the second month of gestation.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fētus bringing forth of young]

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Noun

foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

fetus

teras, monster - (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

abortus - a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body

craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

ductus arteriosus - a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth

umbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta

baby - an unborn child; a human fetus; "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside"

Translations

جَنينجَنِيـن

plodzárodek

fosterføtus

sikiö

fetus

magzatméhmagzat

fóstur

feto fetale

胎児

태아

gemalas

embrijs, dīglis

foster

ทารกในครรภ์

cenindölüt

bào thai

胎儿胚胎

foetus

fetus (US) [ˈfiːtəs] N → feto m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

foetus

[ˈfiːtəs] fetus (US) n → fœtus m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

foetus

, (esp US) fetus

n → Fötus m, → Fetus m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

foetus

fetus (Am) [ˈfiːtəs] n → feto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

foetus

(American) fetus (ˈfiːtəs) noun

a young human being, animal, bird etc in the early stages of development before it is born or hatched.

ˈfoetal , (American) ˈfetal adjective

of a foetus. in a foetal position.

foetus

→ جَنِيـن plod foster Fötus έμβρυο feto sikiö fœtus fetus feto 胎児 태아 foetus foster płód feto плод foster ทารกในครรภ์ cenin bào thai 胎儿

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Our research, examining the behaviour of the human foetus, offers the opportunity to document the effects of alcohol in real time and at the time when alcohol is influencing brain and how it works.

'Even a single glass of alcohol can affect foetus' Healthcare professionals are still unsure of how much alcohol is safe for a pregnant woman to drink. Here, leading psychologist Professor Peter Hepper, who is renowned for his research into the effects of alcohol on babies, gives his expert advice

All animals under study were subjected for real time B-mode Trans abdominal ultra-sonography with 3.5 and 5MHz transducers for diagnosing whether foetus was alive or dead.

Ultrasonographic and radiological evaluation of dystocic uterus in small ruminants

Doctors in Brazil have discovered a 44-year-old foetus inside the body of an 84-year-old woman.

Woman Carries Dead Foetus for 44 Years

The earliest recognizable stage of mammary gland development in the present study was mammary line found in 1.2 cm CVRL (34 days) buffalo foetus on the ventral side in the inguinal region posterior to umbilicus (Figure 1).

Morphogenesis of mammary glands in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

A FOETUS thought to be 40 years old has been found in the body of an old woman.

Woman of 82 is carrying a 'stone baby'

Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the foetus mean basal heart rate in the two groups (p (less than) 0.960).

Study of foetal heart rate patterns in pregnancy with intra-uterine growth restriction during antepartum period

INSTEAD of sending a miscarried foetus to the morgue for burial, Limassol General Hospital staff threw it away as medical waste, which is against procedures, the hospital's director confirmed yesterday.

Hospital staff broke rules on disposal of miscarried foetus

The body of a five-months-old foetus was found in the garbage landfill in Al Saja'a area in Sharjah on Wednesday afternoon, an official at Sharjah police told Gulf News on Thursday

Foetus found in Saja'a garbage

fetus subsp, venerealis y Tritrichomonas foetus. Todas las vacunas se aplicaron por via subcutanea, dos dosis con intervalo de 21 dias.

Deteccion de anticuerpos sericos en toros inmunizados contra campylobacteriosis

Comstock ducks into a library to peruse a picture book on feotal development and his first instincts about the evil of abortion are confirmed: "He came upon a print of a nine weeks' foetus. It was a deformed, gnomelike thing, a sort of clumsy caricature of a human being, with a huge domed head as big as the rest of its body.

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