fetus
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fetus
- /ˈfiːtəs/
Rhymes with -iːtəs
Where it comes from
A learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”). Doublet of fawn.
noun fetuses · feti · fetii · foetus · fœtus · faetus
- An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal. Several feti were removed from every rats' uterus, stripped of their membranes and allowed to lie in the peritoneal cavity connected to the placenta by the umbilical cord and with the placenta still attached to the uterine wall.
- A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation. The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.
- A neonate. The real essence of that or any other sort of substances, it is evident, we know not; and therefore are so undetermined in our nominal essences, which we make ourselves, that, if several men were to be asked concerning some oddly-shaped fœtus, as soon as born, whether it were a man or no, it is past
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: foetus, fetal, pregnancy, embryo, unborn, papyraceous, baby, offspring, previable, matures, conceptus, unborn baby, unborn child, posthatchling, larva, subjuvenile
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noun an unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal
| Español | feto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 태아 taea |
| 日本語 | 胎児 taiji |
| 中文 | 胎兒 /胎儿 tāir, 胎 tāi |
| हिन्दी | भ्रूण bhrūṇ |
| Português | feto |
| Français | fœtus, fétus |
| Deutsch | Fötus |
| Italiano | feto |
| Ελληνικά | έμβρυο émvryo |
| Română | făt |
| Русский | плод plod, заро́дыш zaródyš, эмбрио́н embrión |
| Tiếng Việt | thai, bào thai |
| العربية | جَنِين janīn |
| עברית | עוּבָּר 'ubar, שְׁלִיל shlil |
Talk about this word "fetus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fetus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fetus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fetus "fetus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fetus.Cite this
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title = {fetus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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