Synonyms for fetus
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fee-tuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi təs |
Définition of fetus
Origin :- late 14c., "the young while in the womb or egg," from Latin fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) "the bearing, bringing forth, or hatching of young," from Latin base *fe- "to generate, bear," also "to suck, suckle" (see fecund).
- In Latin, fetus sometimes was transferred figuratively to the newborn creature itself, or used in a sense of "offspring, brood" (cf. Horace's "Germania quos horrida parturit Fetus"), but this was not the basic meaning. Also used of plants, in the sense of "fruit, produce, shoot." The spelling foetus is sometimes attempted as a learned Latinism, but it is not historic.
- noun unborn young
- Whatever interrupts the pregnancy causes the death of the fetus.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- It is only through changes in the mother's blood that the fetus can be influenced.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- They may arise from the fetus, the mother, the father, or from violence.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- If she refuses she is accountable for the death of the fetus.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- Some bacteria do not get through to the fetus, but a few do get in.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- If the fetus is alive and inviable this procedure will, of course, kill it.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- The earlier in pregnancy the attack, the greater the danger to the fetus.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- Moralists talk about the fetus as protected in the membranes.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- The removal of the fetus here is not like an artificial abortion.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- It is never better that the fetus should be killed than that the mother should die.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
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