foetus
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- IPA /ˈfiːtəs/
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foetus noun
- An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
- A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.“The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.”
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fetusfoetalfetalpregnancyunbornembryobabychildfoetusesfetuseswombzygoteconceptusanencephalicuterusutero
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