[
US
/ˈfitəs/
]
[ UK /fˈiːtəs/ ]
[ UK /fˈiːtəs/ ]
NOUN
- an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
How To Use fetus In A Sentence
- Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
- Oh dear ... our gal SUZANNE has her fetus-fetishist panties in the bunchiest of bunches. I’ll take “Divorced From Reality” for $500, Alex.
- The placenta derives from embryonic cells called trophoblasts, which form a ball around the cells that ultimately develop into the fetus.
- The use of images of fetuses has generally been a favoured tactic of the anti-abortion lobby.
- The umbilical flow velocity waveform of a normally growing fetus has high-velocity diastolic flow, while in cases of intrauterine growth restriction, the umbilical artery diastolic flow is diminished.
- The deaths were particularly worrying to conservationists, because six of the whales were adult females, three carrying near-term fetuses.
- Nor is an anti-abortion candidate who aired graphic television commercials with footage of dismembered fetuses.
- The youngest fetus with Down's syndrome in our sample was 22 weeks old at the time of measuring.
- Immunization during pregnancy is contraindicated because the effects on the fetus are unknown.
- Chorioangiopagus vessels are vessels that join the fetuses in the placenta.