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Definition of fetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
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The Zika virus can be detrimental to fetal development, which is why Congress passed a bill last summer that dedicated funding to vaccine development and mosquito eradication efforts.
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Over the past two years, Rock For Life has set up shop to promote being pro-life with a series of voting games devoted to asking teens when the fetal rights override the rights of the mother.
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Including seafood in your diet has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, improve brain function and support healthy fetal development.
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New Hampshire Republicans rushed last week to urge Governor John Sununu to sign a fetal-homicide bill called Senate Bill 66.
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The researchers also found that different genes were switched on in fetal dendritic cells than in adult dendritic cells.
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Scientists now know that Zika, a once-obscure virus, targets and attacks neural stem cells in the developing fetal brain.
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During fetal development, chemical triggers called epigenomes cause cells to differentiate, so that some become muscle and others become bone, nerves, skin, or tissue.
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On a recent Saturday morning in a desanctified church in Upper Manhattan, 24 people were piled together in a naked fetal hug.
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First Known Use of fetal
1811
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playDefinition of fetal for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a developing animal or human being that is not yet born : of or relating to a fetus
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fetal
Medical Definition of fetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
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