fetus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fetus /ˈfiːtəs/ (Brit. (in non-technical use) also foetus)
▶noun (pl. fetuses) an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.
– origin ME: from L. fetus ‘pregnancy, childbirth, offspring’.
'fetus' also found in these Oxford entries:
abort
- abortion
- alphafetoprotein
- amniocentesis
- amniotic fluid
- break
- caul
- chorioallantoic
- ectopic pregnancy
- effete
- embryo
- fawn
- fetal
- feticide
- feto-
- foetus
- fontanelle
- haemolytic disease of the newborn
- IUD
- lanugo
- lightening
- malpresentation
- miscarriage
- placenta
- posterior
- present
- presentation
- quick
- quicken
- superfetation
- umbilical cord
- version
- viable
